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City Press reports that the principal of a scandal-ridden school for the mentally disabled in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, allegedly took a cow from a teacher in return for giving her a job. Source: Latest News
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Solidarity says consolidation by WNS of Telkom service centres could see 255 jobs shed
Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity has cautioned that 255 former Telkom employees transferred to business process outsourcing company WNS earlier this year as part of the telecoms group’s Section 197 business transfer process are likely to lose their jobs. Source: Latest News
Sibanye Gold steels itself for wage strike by Amcu members
Jan de Lange writes that labour relations at gold mines are going to be greatly tested in the next two weeks because attempts by the Chamber of Mines on Friday to get a wage agreement with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) failed. Source: Latest News
Stop bloodshed and continue mining in peace, top Lesotho officials tell illegal miners
Sowetan reports that the bizarre message Lesotho government officials gave to warring factions of illegal miners on the East Rand on Sunday was that they should stop the bloodshed and continue illegal mining activities in peace. Source: Latest News
NUM begins wage strike in coal mining sector
News24 reports that the National Union of Mineworkers announced on Sunday that several thousand of its members began striking in the coal sector at 6pm yesterday evening. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Saturday, 3 October and Sunday, 4 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 3 October and Sunday, 4 October 2015. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Friday, 2 October 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 2 October 2015. Source: Latest News
Three of four unions sign wage deal with two of the gold producers
Mining Weekly Online reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), Solidarity and the United Association of SA (Uasa) on Friday accepted the latest gold wage offer tabled by gold producers AngloGold Ashanti and Harmony Gold. Source: Latest News
While NUM calls for coal sector strike from Sunday, the parties are still engaging
David McKay reports that, with the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) saying it was prepared to down tools on Sunday evening (4 October) in the coal mining sector, last ditch efforts were underway to avoid a strike. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Friday, 2 October 2015
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 1 October 2015. Source: Latest News