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Sowetan reports that three police officers were each jailed for 15 years on Wednesday in the Welkom Regional Court for stealing gold worth a total of R15,000. Source: Latest News
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Live electrical cable kills domestic worker
News24 reports that a domestic worker was found dead on the banks of a ditch in Northdale, Pietermaritzburg, after she reportedly stepped on an illegally connected electricity cable on Thursday. Source: Latest News
ConCourt removes interdict preventing Samwu member from bad-mouthing provident fund
Sowetan reports that the Constitutional Court has overturned the Grahamstown High Court judgment interdicting a South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) provident fund member from bad-mouthing the fund. Source: Latest News
Fishing industry must learn tragic lesson from trawler deaths, says minister
TimesLive reports that the inquest into Sunday’s drowning of 12 members of the crew of a Viking Fishing trawler will take at least a month. The circumstances of the loss of the men, south of Cape Hangklip, are being investigated by the SA Maritime Safety Authority. Source: Latest News
CWU calls for dismissal of Telkom CEO over lack of transformation and job cuts
Fin24 reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) wants the CEO of Telkom, Sipho Maseko, fired because of an alleged lack of transformation and job cuts at the company. Source: Latest News
With jobs under threat, tourism bosses plead with Ramaphosa for visa rules to be scrapped
BDLive reports that tourism industry leaders are pinning their hopes for the scrapping of new visa rules on Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa, as new data on Thursday showed the regulations would shrink tourist numbers by 578,000 or 6% a year. Source: Latest News
NUM members accept gold mining wage offer
Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Friday its members had accepted the latest pay offer from gold producers covering the next three years. Source: Latest News
PMI points to job environment in manufacturing stablising
Business Report writes that the latest Barclays Africa and Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) indicates, underneath the overall flat situation in the manufacturing space, that the recent retrenchments in the sector could be ending. Source: Latest News
Some unions look set to sign gold mining wage deal
BDLive reports that conciliation in the gold mining sector wage talks resumes on Friday, with three of four unions poised to sign an agreement amid continued intransigence from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu). Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Thursday, 1 October 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 30 September 2015. Source: Latest News