BDLive reports that the SA Policing Union (Sapu) has called on President Jacob Zuma to broaden terms of reference of the inquiry into General Riah Phiyega’s fitness to hold office to include allegations of mismanagement and misconduct.   Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that Cosatu has called for ‘out of the box’ thinking and decisive leadership to deal with the rising unemployment rate in the country.   Source: Latest News

ANN7 reports that some of the miners who survived the August 2012 Marikana massacre are participating on a tour to communities where their 34 colleagues who died came from to honour their memories.   Source: Latest News

Fin 24 reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) plans to pay its employees the remaining 30% of their October salaries on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

BDLive writes that the mining sector surprisingly did not record job losses in the third quarter, despite mining companies reporting jobs cuts over the period.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that a locomotive driver at Lonmin’s Rowland shaft outside Rustenburg, in the North West, was killed after a mudslide, the company said on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that national oil and gas company PetroSA announced on Tuesday that it was offering its employees voluntary severance packages to reduce operating costs.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 27 October 2015. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Statistics SA announced on Tuesday that SA’s unemployment rate increased to 25.5% in the third quarter of 2015.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) indicated on Tuesday that 500 of its members who staged a five-day underground sit-in at ASA Metals’ Dilokong mine in Limpopo have returned to the surface.   Source: Latest News