Bloomberg News reports that analysts say that President Jacob Zuma’s decision to appoint a new mineral resources minister with no experience in the industry or national politics may destabilise critical wage talks at gold mines.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that chairwoman of the South African Airways (SAA) board, Dudu Myeni, says that salaries paid to the carrier’s pilots are “exorbitant and unaffordable”, with clauses in an agreement between SAA and the pilots’ union preventing a “significant” reduction in costs.   Source: Latest News

RDM News Wire reports that Sun International employees at The Boardwalk Hotel and Casino in Port Elizabeth on Friday marched in protest over a wage increase they say should have come into effect in July.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) said on Friday that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) can go ahead and request legal protection for a one-day strike against corruption — but would receive such protection only in two weeks’ time.   Source: Latest News

In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 23 September 2015. Source: Latest News

BDLive writes that new Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, whose appointment has been met with dismay by the industry, also has to contend with fallout within the governing party.   Source: Latest News

HeraldLive reported on Thursday that a strike resolution meeting between Algoa Bus and officials of the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), which was scheduled to take place at the Nelson Mandela Bay’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration offices on Wednesday afternoon, failed to materialise.   Source: Latest News

Daily News reports that KwaZulu-Natal police have told the family of the slain Inanda policeman that they had arrested three men in connection with the ambush killing which took place on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

Cape Times reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has won a Labour Court case against the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) in a dispute over a proposed amendment to working hours for Civic Services and Front-Desk staff.   Source: Latest News

The Mercury reports that workers involved in protest action at Illovo Sugar’s Noodsberg Mill in Dalton were interdicted from doing so by the Pietermaritzburg High Court on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News