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News24 Wire reports that embattled construction firms, which lost 38% of their aggregate market capitalisation in 2015, are facing more hard times, a survey showed on Thursday. Source: Latest News
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Principals in Western Cape react negatively to short notice for ANAs
News24 reports that the reaction of some primary school principals in Cape Town to news that pupils would have to write the Annual National Assessment (ANA) tests from Thursday was negative. Source: Latest News
Nene gives his support for retirement reforms that will ‘protect’ pensioners
BDLive reports that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene emphasised on Thursday that the retirement reforms so strongly opposed by labour federation Cosatu were good ones that would help protect pensioners against old-age poverty. Source: Latest News
Cosatu fends off questions about unity and labour brokering
eNCA reports that labour federation Cosatu’s 12th National Congress wrapped up in Midrand on Thursday with only one new face in the trade union’s top six leadership. Source: Latest News
'Hopeful' parliamentary staff to hear on Friday if strike resolved
EWN reported late on Thursday that there was no agreement yet to end the strike by parliamentary staff, but workers had been given a glimmer of hope. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on 26 November 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 25 November 2015. Source: Latest News
Strikes becoming a fashion statement, Oliphant tells Cosatu congress
EWN reports that labour minister Mildred Oliphant has lamented the frequency of strikes in South Africa, saying they’re becoming a “fashion statement” and are being used to demonstrate popular support. Source: Latest News
Unions threaten PIC over Woolworths’ trade with Israel
Fin24 reports that six trade unions on Wednesday threatened to flex their muscles in the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) if Woolworths did not end its trade with Israel. Source: Latest News
Cabinet approves Lesotho special permit to regularise nationals’ SA stay
BDLive reports that Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Wednesday announced Cabinet’s approval of a Lesotho special permit (LSP) to regularise the stay of Lesotho nationals in SA. Source: Latest News
Oliphant threatens to expose unions’ hypocrisy over labour broking
BDLive writes that Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant set tongues wagging on Wednesday at labour federation Cosatu’s national congress when she threatened to expose affiliates’ hypocrisy in the labour-broking debate. Source: Latest News