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Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Wednesday it would give coal producers a 48-hour strike notice after wage talks collapsed. Source: Latest News
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Midday roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 30 September 2015
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 29 September 2015. Source: Latest News
Military veterans in Eastern Cape get houses
The New Age reports that Human Settlements deputy minister, Zoe Kota-Fredericks has handed over 10 houses to military veterans in Queenstown, Eastern Cape. Source: Latest News
‘I saved 800 jobs at SABC and created another 250’, says Hlaudi Motsoeneng
The New Age reports that the SABC’s chief operating officer Hlaudi Motsoeneng says he saved 800 jobs at the national broadcaster after the board ordered a retrenchment process as an austerity measure. Source: Latest News
Fatality at Tharisa Mine
Tharisa plc, which is incorporated in Cyprus, reported on Tuesday that an employee of a mining contractor was fatally injured on Monday at the tailings storage facility construction site at the Tharisa Mine. Source: Latest News
Reactions to 2014/2015 crime stats
RDM News Wire reports that the 2014/15 crime statistics were released to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Police on Tuesday and showed that serious and violent crimes had increased for the third consecutive year in a row. Source: Latest News
Desperate fishing trawler that lost 12 crew members hit 'perfect storm'
TimesLive reports that the Viking Fishing trawler, the Lincoln, which lost 12 crew members on Sunday night, was desperately fleeing nightmarish sea conditions when it was hit by a “perfect storm”, according to the company’s CE Tim Reddell. Source: Latest News
Hands off 'blameless' Phiyega, says Popcru
TimesLive reports that National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega on Tuesday received strong support from leaders of the Police, Prisons and Civil Rights Union (Popcru). Source: Latest News
Dismissed manager who vented on Facebook about possible retrenchment reinstated
The Mercury reports that an arbitrator has ruled that Value Logistics, a large national logistics company, should not have fired a Durban manager for “venting” on Facebook after she heard she faced possible retrenchment, but should instead have given her counselling. Source: Latest News
Nehawu to march to Baragwanath today because ‘EFF commandeered jobs’
RDM News Wire reports that on Wednesday the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) will march to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital against “the capture of the hospital by EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters).” Source: Latest News