ANA reports that the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) said on Friday that importing poultry from the United States as per the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) will threaten the livelihoods of small farmers and cost the SA agricultural sector thousands of jobs. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that a tragedy unfolded at the Kruger National Park on Thursday when a member of an anti-poaching patrol was accidentally shot by a colleague after being chased by a buffalo bull. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly Online reports that a rock drill operator at AngloGold Ashanti’s TauTona mine, in Carletonville, died following a fall-of-ground incident on Monday. Source: Latest News
BDLive writes that the sale of mines by De Beers, mainly to Petra Diamonds, has “saved and created jobs”. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that power utility Eskom has issued a warning to the public to be aware of a recruitment scam. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that Pietermaritzburg’s chief traffic officer was gunned down by one of his junior officers on Thursday afternoon. Source: Latest News
Caxton News Service reports that a police officer was decapitated when his car collided with a wall on the N1 after he was attacked by a prisoner he was transporting on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 14 January 2016. Source: Latest News
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 13 January 2016. Source: Latest News
The New Age reports that De Beers Kimberley Mines has 14 days to respond to a memorandum of grievances to avert what would otherwise be an avalanche of “unyielding” protest action by the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Source: Latest News
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