The New Age reports that at least 80 undocumented farm workers from Zimbabwe are stranded outside a police station in Lephalale, in Limpopo, after they were fired and evicted by their employer over a demand for fair and better pay.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 29 December 2015. Source: Latest News

SABC News reports that there was a good staff turnout at motor licensing centres across Johannesburg on Tuesday.  On Monday, the Johannesburg Labour Court ruled that a strike by workers was unprotected and illegal.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that Andy Mashaile, chairperson of the Gauteng Provincial Community Police Board, said on Monday that courts must be decisive and hand down lengthy sentences to criminals convicted of killing police officers.   Source: Latest News

SABC News reports that Rustenburg platinum producer Lonmin says that if workers reaching retirement age voluntarily take packages, then the move to retrench employees could be abandoned entirely.   Source: Latest News

The New Age reports that mounting frustration over lack of incentives and poor pay has forced trainee investigators at Public Protector Thuli Madonsela’s office to jump ship.   Source: Latest News

BDLive writes that the number of people with jobs in SA has more than doubled over the past 21 years to 15.66-million this year from 7.97-million in 1994, according to data compiled by the SA Institute of Race Relations (IRR).   Source: Latest News

SABC News reports that in 2015, 83 police officers across the country lost their lives in the line of duty – leaving behind distraught families and colleagues.  Gauteng had the highest number of killings, followed by KwaZulu-Natal where just last week an officer was killed.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has promised that its licensing department workers in Johannesburg will report for duty on Tuesday morning.  This follows a Labour Court ruling on Monday that declared their strike unprotected and illegal.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 28 December 2015. Source: Latest News