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News24 report that two KwaZulu-Natal police officers who were shot during an escape bid from police holding cells died in hospital overnight, police confirmed on Friday. Source: Latest News
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TUT workers reject Nehawu-brokered insourcing agreement
ANA reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Thursday afternoon said it had come to an agreement on “insourcing” with the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), but the institution’s workers rejected the pact and insisted on protesting. Source: Latest News
Police management shake-up is no purge, says Phiyega’s successor
BDLive reports that acting national police commissioner Gen Khomotso Phahlane on Thursday defended the shake-up in the senior management of the SA Service (SAPS), and rejected the notion that it was a purge of Riah Phiyega loyalists. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 28 January 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 28 January 2016. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on 28 January 2016
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 26 January 2016. Source: Latest News
Mining companies advise mineral resources department of 32,000 possible job cuts
Bloomberg News reports that, as prices decline, mining companies have informed the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) of intentions to cut about 32,000 jobs, Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane said. Source: Latest News
NUM to engage to try and avoid calamitous Kumba retrenchments
ANA writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Thursday described the impending retrenchment of more than 2,600 workers at Kumba Iron Ore’s Sishen mine “a calamity”, which it will “try to avoid”. Source: Latest News
Workers at Free State University demanding insourcing and R10,000 wage
TMG Digital reports that the Workers and Socialist Party (WASP) will on Thursday demand “permanent employment for all outsourced workers” and a R10,000 minimum wage at the University of the Free State. Source: Latest News
Mining safety standards in spotlight
Business Report writes that Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane is scheduled to announce mine safety statistics at a press conference in Pretoria today amid concerns that the mining industry has dropped its focus on safety. Source: Latest News
Gautrain expansion expected to sustain 9,000 jobs in Gauteng
The Citizen reports that the Gauteng government will boost the capacity of the Gautrain system by purchasing 12 electrical trains at a cost of R3.5 billion to cope with increasing public demand for the service. Source: Latest News