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News24 reports that Mpumalanga police said on Wednesday that Lily Mine’s safety officer, Nico Cronje, took his own life on Monday morning. Source: Latest News
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Government helps Lily Mine families
ANA reports that government on Wednesday announced that it had started helping the families of the workers trapped at Lily Gold Mine in Barberton with social relief measures and therapy. Source: Latest News
Consumer price inflation quickens to 6.2% in January
Reuters reports that South Africa’s headline consumer price inflation (CPI) quickened more than expected to 6.2% year-on-year in January, compared with 5.2% in December. Source: Latest News
Solidarity and Numsa plead for state to save Evraz Highveld
BDLive reports that two trade unions on Tuesday urged the government to prevent the collapse of SA’s second-largest steel maker Evraz Highveld Steel & Vanadium. Source: Latest News
Basic education minister Angie Motshekga denies targeting Sadtu
TimesLive reports that Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has denied claims she is targeting the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) after some of its members were implicated in a jobs-for-cash scam. Source: Latest News
Anglo American to shed SA coal, iron ore assets
BDLive reports that Anglo American will be a company of just 16 assets within four years, shedding dozens of mines and reducing head count by 78,000 to focus on diamonds, platinum and copper. Source: Latest News
Name and shame degree fakers with a public register, says Nzimande
News24 reports that Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday that a register of people who lied about their qualifications and of fly-by-night institutions needed to be developed. Source: Latest News
‘New crushing technology not to blame for recent Lily Mine cave-ins’
News24 reports that according to Mine Rescue Services chief executive, Christo de Klerk, the new technology and vibration techniques used to crush large rocks at Lily Mine in Mpumalanga were not to blame for the recent cave-ins. Source: Latest News
Drought causing job losses in Free State, says premier Magashule
News24 reports that the devastating drought experienced in the Free State has affected the socio-economic climate, Premier Ace Magashule said in his State of the Province Address on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 16 February 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 16 February 2016. Source: Latest News