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The New Age reports that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has charged 17 Marikana mineworkers who were allegedly involved in the killing of 10 people in the days leading up to the 16 August 2012 massacre. Source: Latest News
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Two former cops held for hospital job scam in Welkom
ANA reports that two former police detectives were arrested on Tuesday in connection with a jobs scam in Welkom that saw several desperate work seekers conned out of thousands of rands. Source: Latest News
Satawu loses 400 members at Sasol’s Secunda plant due to closed shop agreement
Sowetan reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) was outsmarted by a little-known union after it allegedly failed to contest a closed shop agreement and lost nearly 400 members at Sasol’s Secunda plant. Source: Latest News
Cosatu’s mid-term budget wish list wants decisive intervention in economy
Business Report writes that trade union federation Cosatu has demanded that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene’s Mid-term Budget Policy Statement should reflect a commitment by government to intervene decisively in the economy. Source: Latest News
PIC, Shoprite’s biggest investor, votes against CEO’s R50m pay
Bloomberg News reports that Shoprite Holdings’ largest shareholder, the Public Investment Corp[oration (PIC), voted against the food retailer’s remuneration policy because the R50.1 million pay awarded to CEO Whitey Basson is mostly a fixed payment, rather than a performance-based salary. Source: Latest News
What vice-chancellors at South Africa’s top universities earn
BusinessTech reports on what vice-chancellors at nine of South Africa’s top universities earned in 2014 based on the 2014 annual financial report of each institution. Source: Latest News
Unions move to block beer merger between SABMiller and InBev over fears of job cuts
The UK’s Daily Mail writes that unions in South Africa have called on competition regulators to block the £68billion takeover of SABMiller by Anheuser-Busch InBev. Source: Latest News
CWU says Post Office workers will only receive half their pay on Friday
EWN reports that according to the Communication Workers Union (CWU), its members at the SA Post Office (Sapo) have been told they will receive only half their salaries on Friday, and the rest at the end of the month. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Tuesday, 20 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 20 October 2015. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 20 October 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 19 October 2015. Source: Latest News