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Mining Weekly Online reports that one employee has died and another was seriously injured in a utility vehicle accident at Bokoni platinum mine’s Brakfontein shaft on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
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DA seeks review of Motsoeneng’s "sham" disciplinary hearing by SABC
BDLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has set its sights on having the SABC’s “sham” disciplinary hearing in respect of its head Hlaudi Motsoeneng taken to legal review. Source: Latest News
Zuma performs balancing act on national minimum wage
Fin24 writes that one of the balancing acts President Jacob Zuma performed on Thursday night in his State of the Nation Address was to say a national minimum wage would go a long way to improve labour relations in SA, but it shouldn’t undermine employment creation. Source: Latest News
Lily Mine: Specialised equipment flown in overnight
EWN reports that new specialised equipment has been flown in overnight to the Lily Gold Mine in Barberton to help rescue workers try reach three workers who have been trapped underground since last Friday morning. Source: Latest News
Lafarge confirms employees due to down tools from Thursday night
Engineering News reports that cement and concrete manufacturer Lafarge SA confirmed that about 800 of its employees were due to embark on a protected strike on Thursday evening. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 11 February 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 11 February 2016. Source: Latest News
Rescuers 'within a whisker' of finding trapped miners, says Amcu
News24 reports that John Sibiya, Mpumalanga secretary of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said on Thursday that rescuers were within a whisker of finding the three people trapped in the Lily Mine. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 11 February 2016
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 10 February 2016. Source: Latest News
Questions over racial quotas at SA universities
BusinessTech reports that Solidarity says it has commenced with legal action against Stellenbosch University (SU) for the institution’s racially based student selection methods. Source: Latest News
Mediclinic pays out over R1.4bn to more than 10,000 staff members
Fin24 reports that more than 10,000 eligible staff members have benefitted from the more than R1.4bn which has recently been distributed, according to Mediclinic. Source: Latest News