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Engineering News reports that 40% of the 72 respondents to the Manufacturing Circle’s latest survey indicate that they could cut jobs in the coming year. Source: Latest News
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Unregistered dental assistants given two-year reprieve by HPCSA
TimesLive reports that about 2,500 dental assistants who were to lose their jobs at the end of next month have been given a reprieve by the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA). Source: Latest News
Fight over provident fund annuitisation drags on
BDLive reports that Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan on Thursday rejected Cosatu’s suggestion that the Treasury should dump its compulsory provident fund annuitisation law instead of merely postponing it for two years so that consultations can take place. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 18 February 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 18 February 2016. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 18 February 2016
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared sincemidday on Wednesday, 17 February 2016. Source: Latest News
NUM ‘disgusted’ with De Beers over planned layoffs
ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday said it was “extremely disgusted and saddened” with De Beers after it issued a notice to retrench 152 workers at its Venetia diamond mine in Limpopo. Source: Latest News
Lily Mine ancestors need to be appeased, say traditional healers
News24 reports that leaders of the Traditional Healers Organisation (THO) said on Wednesday that the ancestors of the Lily Mine in Mpumalanga needed to be appeased in order for things to go well with the rescue mission and future mining operations. Source: Latest News
Radebe confident provident fund backtrack will be processed by 1 March
BDLive reports that an amendment delaying the implementation of the compulsory annuitisation of provident fund savings will be tabled in Parliament in the next few days. Source: Latest News
Picketing staff at Grey’s Hospital snub management offer
The Witness reports that workers at Grey’s Hospital in Pietermaritzburg have threatened to intensify their picket if the management does not respond to their demands. Source: Latest News
‘Modern day slavery’ in municipalities in Pietermaritzburg region, says Samwu
News24 reports that SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) members in the Pietermaritzburg region marched to the KwaZulu-Natal legislature on Monday and were joined by SA Communist Party (SACP) members. Source: Latest News