The Star reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) said on Thursday that the Johannesburg fireman who shot dead his acting station commander did so intentionally.   Source: Latest News

BDLive writes that Statistics SA’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey shows that more and more employees are directly negotiating their salary increases, thereby side-stepping union representation.   Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) held a media roundtable on Thursday to clear up confusion that has arisen around the ‘clean-break’ principle and members’ actuarial interest (AI).   Source: Latest News

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

In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 28 October 2015. Source: Latest News

Cape Argus reports that a police constable was shot dead – ostensibly for his service pistol – in his parked car in the grounds of a school in Khayelitsha on Tuesday night.   Source: Latest News

The Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources has called for a coordinated approach in dealing with benefits that have not been paid to deserving ex-mineworkers.   Source: Latest News

Monique Mortlock reports that a PetroSA employee has told Eyewitness News that voluntary severance packages recently offered by the parastatal were not satisfactory.   Source: Latest News

Brendan Ryan reports that according to Gold Fields CEO, Nick Holland, conventional, labour-intensive gold mining is going to disappear.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the University of Cape Town (UCT) signed an historic agreement with the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Wednesday to insource six of its outsourced services.   Source: Latest News