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ANA reports that Impala Platinum (Implats) mineworkers gathered at Shaft 6 in Luka, near Rustenburg, to remember the four workers who died in a fire at Shaft 14 at the weekend. Source: Latest News
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Cosatu calls for total rejection of Eskom’s tariff hike application
ANA reports that on Tuesday labour federation Cosatu called on the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) to reject in totality power utility Eskom’s application for increased electricity tariff hikes. Source: Latest News
Cops deployed as protests continue at TUT despite interdict
EWN reports that a protest by students and workers at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) has resumed at the institution’s main campus in Pretoria West and police have been deployed to the area. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 26 January 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 26 January 2016. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on 26 January 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 25 January 2016. Source: Latest News
SAPS goes back to basics to fight crime
ANA reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) said on Monday it was now focusing on going back to basic policing working towards going targeting crime, bringing the perpetrators of crime to justice, and making South Africa safer for all its citizens. Source: Latest News
What happened at Implats 14 shaft that led to four deaths?
Warren Dick writes about the fire that broke out at Impala Platinum’s 14 Shaft on Friday evening which resulted in the death of four workers. Source: Latest News
SAPS establishing independent team of experts as prescribed by Farlam Commission
ANA reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) is establishing an independent team of experts to examine and review the competence of its public order policing interventions in line with recommendations by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the August 2012 Marikana shootings. Source: Latest News
Labour Court declares SAPS’s employment equity plan unconstitutional
Trade union Solidarity reports that the Johannesburg Labour Court on Tuesday ruled in its favour that the employment equity plan of the SA Police Service (SAPS) was unlawful. Source: Latest News
DMR sets year-end target for realignment of mineworker compensation legislation
Mining Weekly Online reports that Mineral Resources Deputy Minister Godfrey Oliphant said on Monday that the reformation of the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act (ODMWA) and its alignment to the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act needed to be settled before year-end. Source: Latest News