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TimesLive reports that former SA featherweight boxing champion and world contender Jackie Gunguluza allegedly swindled 40 women by promising them non-existent jobs with Buffalo City Metro (BCM). Source: Latest News
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Wage strike hits Woolworths distribution centre in Midrand
Fin24 reports that over 600 National Union of Food Beverages Wine Spirits and Allied Workers (Nufbwsaw) members continued a week-long strike at a Woolworths distribution centre in Midrand on Monday looking for a “decent salary”. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Monday, 19 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 19 October 2015. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Monday, 19 October 2015
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 16 October 2015. Source: Latest News
SACP demands that no workers be retrenched at Birchwood Hotel
The New Age reports that the SA Communist Party (SACP) in Gauteng is demanding the reinstatement of retrenched workers at the Birchwood Hotel in Benoni. Source: Latest News
Inside the silicosis compensation courtroom war
Dewald van Rensburg writes about events last week in the South Gauteng High Court and particularly the furore that erupted when it emerged that nearly all the advocates involved in what will probably be the largest public-interest lawsuit in SA legal history were white men. Source: Latest News
Sadtu, ANC in policy face-off over school inspectors and ANAs
TimesLive reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has vowed to fight tooth and nail to block the government from reintroducing school inspectors, and against the Annual National Assessment (ANA tests. Source: Latest News
Mathunjwa’s dire warning: SA will burn if mistakes of the past aren’t corrected
Jan de Lange reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), says that South Africa will burn if economic policy remains targeted at luring investors without correcting the mistakes of the past. Source: Latest News
DCS has until 6 November to show it’s not in contempt of court over equity ruling
Netwerk24 reports that the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has three weeks to give reasons why it should not be held in contempt of court over failure to comply with a court order relating to its employment equity policy. Source: Latest News
Samwu denies hiring Barry Roux to defend officials charged with R138m theft
TimesLive reports that sources at the cash strapped SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) have denied hiring top lawyer Barry Roux to represent three union officials who are facing a R138-million theft charge. Source: Latest News