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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 30 October 2015. Source: Latest News
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Midday roundup of labour news on Friday, 30 October 2015
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 29 October 2015. Source: Latest News
Habib under whip over plight of outsourced Wits workers
The Star reports that, while the University of the Witwatersrand remained open for a second day of classes on Thursday following two weeks of shutdown, protesters continued to push management for change. Source: Latest News
Study shows rural youth in Africa juggle income streams to survive
Fin24 reports that a study presented on Thursday at the first Young Africa Works Summit showed that most young people were juggling a lot of different income streams to survive financially. Source: Latest News
Anglo says cops endangering lives by not stopping land grabbers at colliery
The Citizen reported on Thursday that Anglo American (Anglo) has accused the police of gross dereliction of duty for refusing to arrest or stop land grabbers invading land around a coal mine west of Emalahleni. Source: Latest News
State sets up toll-free line for over-indebted civil servants to query garnishee orders
Sowetan reports that the state is investigating the authenticity of garnishee orders issued against its employees to ensure that no illegal ones are being enforced and has set up a toll-free line for its heavily indebted workers to query such orders. Source: Latest News
Joburg community health workers go unpaid
The New Age reports that Gauteng health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has apologised to Johannesburg community health workers after the department failed to pay their stipends for two months. Source: Latest News
Worker joy at UCT over agreement to end outsourcing
Cape Times writes about the reaction of workers to the announcement by Dr Max Price, vice-chancellor of the University of Cape Town (UCT), that about 900 workers in six outsourced services would be employed full-time. Source: Latest News
Scam over bogus jobs at Buffalo City Metro
DispatchLive reports that more than 30 people have allegedly paid an East London woman R1,500 each to secure work at the Buffalo City Metro (BCM). Source: Latest News
Post Office workers give Public Protector seven days to respond
ANN7 reports that the Communications Workers Union (CWU) has given the Public Protector seven days to respond to concerns over delays in releasing a report into alleged corruption and maladministration at the SA Post Office (Sapo). Source: Latest News