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TimesLive reports that National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) members who work in courts as clerks, stenographers and interpreters in Gauteng are set to down tools later this month. Source: Latest News
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Bill seeks to address insecurity of tenure of farm dwellers, but could complicate evictions
BDLive writes that some of government’s proposals to provide greater security to labour tenants on farms could complicate evictions, organised agriculture has argued. Source: Latest News
Outrage at Labour Minister’s ‘irrational and unfair’ interference in Ceppwawu case
TimesLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) and two labour federations have vowed to write to the President and to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) over Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant’s interference in the case of the application to have union Ceppwawu placed under administration for failing to comply with statutory...
Silicosis compensation case against gold mining companies to finally begin on Monday
City Press reports that the South Gauteng High Court will finally hear arguments from Monday for and against the potentially historic class action of former mine workers suffering from silicosis against virtually the entire South African gold industry – both past and present. Source: Latest News
Gauteng cops drop out at over 100 a month
TimesLive reports that the fight against crime in Gauteng is taking a serious knock as the number of police on the beat drops by more than 100 a month. Source: Latest News
Amcu votes to strike at gold mines, but action would only be protected at Sibanye
David McKay reports that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) voted on Sunday to go on strike at the mines of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Harmony Gold and Sibanye Gold. Source: Latest News
ANC endorses policy of farmworkers getting 50% equity in commercial farms
BDLive reports that the African National Congress (ANC) national general council meeting, which ended on Sunday, made it official policy that farm owners relinquish half their equity in favour of farm workers. Source: Latest News
Amcu votes to strike at gold mines
David McKay reports that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) voted on Sunday to go on strike at the mines of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Harmony Gold and Sibanye Gold. Source: Latest News
NUM to present response to new coal wage offer on Monday morning
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says that on Monday the Chamber of Mines (COM) will receive feedback on the latest wage offer by coal producers, which could potentially see the end of the strike in the coal mining sector. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Saturday, 10 October and Sunday, 11 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 10 October and Sunday, 11 October 2015. Source: Latest News