Columnist Hilton Tarrant writes that since Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko’s appointment in April 2013, Telkom has shed a third of its permanent employees, with most of the cuts coming in the last six months.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that disgruntled SA Weather Service employees want CE Linda Makuleni out after nine-month long wage talks collapsed amid claims of staff intimidation.   Source: Latest News

eNCA reports that Johannesburg waste management company Pikitup has hired an outside company to collect waste in Johannesburg as its workers remain on strike.   Source: Latest News

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BDLive reports that labour federation Cosatu on Thursday at its national congress reaffirmed the expulsion of its formerly largest affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa).   Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that former National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary Frans Baleni said on Thursday that the future looked scary in the mining industry.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a “handsome” number of striking Johannesburg Pikitup workers have returned to work, the company’s management said.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that police in Limpopo have arrested three more suspects following a mall robbery in Polokwane on Wednesday in which a security guard was shot dead.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA’s Gauteng chairperson Simphiwe Gada has been suspended following alleged negative comments he made on radio about the Cosatu congress.   Source: Latest News