ANA reports that labour federation Cosatu has urged employers in high-risk industries to take extra measures to protect their workers from exposure to the heatwave that is expected this week.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 5 January 2016. Source: Latest News

TimesLive reports that the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) continued with business as usual on Monday after the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) decided to suspend a strike.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that a five-day-old strike by about 700 bus drivers has disrupted the travelling schedules of thousands of commuters and holiday makers in Durban.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 4 January 2016. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has assured motorists that its officers are not on strike.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that striking municipal bus drivers used buses to block Durban’s N2 highway on Monday, the city’s metro police department advised.  Drivers were also blocking roads adjacent to the N2.   Source: Latest News

TMG Digital reports that the Economic Freedom Fighters Student Command (EFFSC) on Friday claimed that University of South Africa’s (Unisa’s) main campus in Tshwane was “under complete shutdown”.   Source: Latest News

HeraldLive reports that an Eastern Cape ambulance official was stabbed to death on Monday morning while attending an emergency call at Woodlands near Kareedouw.   Source: Latest News

Business Times reports that after months of perseverance, the University of Stellenbosch Legal Aid Clinic (LAC) secured refunds for all 15 of its clients who were at the centre of last year’s court battle over emolument attachment orders (also known as garnishee orders).   Source: Latest News