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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 22 December 2015. Source: Latest News
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Midday roundup of labour news on 22 December 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 21 December 2015. Source: Latest News
KZN paramedics hijacked on Monday night, ambulance set alight
News24 reports that Emergency Medical Services paramedics were hijacked at gunpoint and had their ambulance set alight on Monday night, KwaZulu-Natal Health (KZN) MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
SAA Pilots Association welcomes Airbus swap deal
EWN reports that the National Treasury’s deal with Airbus and South African Airways (SAA), which will save the national carrier $100 million US dollars, has been welcomed by the airline’s pilots’ association. Source: Latest News
Q & A: Ten things you didn’t know about NUM’s general secretary
Read the responses given by David Sipunzi, who was elected as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) at the union’s 5th National Congress earlier this year, to ten general interest questions posed by Mineweb’s Nastassia Arendse. Source: Latest News
NUM, Implats agreement sees workers return to work after two-year impasse
Fin24 reports that Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane has welcomed the agreement reached last week between Impala Platinum (Implats) and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) which ends a two-year impasse between the two parties. Source: Latest News
New stability for SA’s clothing, textile, footwear and leather industry: Sactwu
Fin24 reports that according to Cosatu affiliate the Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu), SA’s clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) manufacturing industry is entering a new period of greater stability and hopefully higher levels of growth. Source: Latest News
Eleven NMMU staff members have to repay bonus money
HeraldLive reports that eleven Nelson Mandela metropolitan University (NMMU) staff members who received unsanctioned bonuses have been ordered to repay the thousands of rands they pocketed. Source: Latest News
Strike over bonus at Netcare’s Prime Cure averted
The Citizen reports that a strike, scheduled to commence on Monday morning at Netcare subsidiary Prime Cure, was averted after union Hospersa reached an agreement with the company at the eleventh hour. Source: Latest News
State 'steps in to save 650 steel sector jobs'
ANA reports that the Department of Labour (DOL) on Monday said a government intervention had helped secure continued employment for 650 workers at Evraz Highveld Steel who had been facing possible retrenchment. Source: Latest News