The Star reported last week that a million unemployed young people in Gauteng are set to benefit from a City of Johannesburg empowerment initiative.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 9 January and Sunday, 10 January 2016. Source: Latest News

The New Age reports that crunch talks will be held between organised labour and business on Tuesday over the possibility of 1,200 jobs being shed at Exxaro’s Arnot colliery in Mpumalanga.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation has suspended an employee with immediate effect for posting what it called “barbaric and racist utterances”.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that rush hour traffic was brought to a grinding halt in Durban’s Umlazi township on Friday afternoon as municipal bus drivers simply abandoned their buses at vital intersections.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 8 January 2016. Source: Latest News

Rockwell Diamonds has announced plans to shut its Johannesburg-based head office and embark on retrenchments.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that about 300 members of National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and employees of the Department of Public Works were due to picket in Pretoria at noon on Friday outside the department’s offices.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 7 January 2016. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday that South32 plans to cut 447 jobs at its Hotazel manganese mine in Kuruman.  This is the latest in a slew of layoffs in the embattled industry.   Source: Latest News