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GroundUp reports that workers at Australian-owned Tormin mine on the West Coast are still on strike after a protest two weeks ago in which a police officer and a worker were injured, and 27 people were arrested. Source: Latest News
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Up to 100,000 people expected at next week’s anti-corruption marches
ANA reports that anti-corruption marches scheduled for next week are expected to draw tens of thousands of supporters, civil society organisations participating in the mass action said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Strike at OR Tambo airport by ground services company inflicts delays on SAA
Engineering News reported on Wednesday that an unprotected strike by some employees of airport ground handling services company Swissport was causing delays to flights by South African Airways (SAA). Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Wednesday, 23 September 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Wednesday, 23 September 2015. Source: Latest News
More private security officers than police and army combined, says Institute of Race Relations
News24 reports that Frans Cronje, CEO of the Institute of Race Relations (IRR), told reporters on Wednesday that the number of private security officers has more than tripled that of police officers since 1997, while the private industry “has more boots on the ground than the police and the military...
‘Workers at Aurora looted the mines’, says former director Thulani Ngubane
Daily News reports that Thulani Ngubane, former director of Aurora Empowerment Systems, claims that thousands of idle mineworkers stripped the defunct gold mines that the company was managing, causing international investors to withdraw and a collapse of the mines. Source: Latest News
DA files complaint against Sadtu with Human Rights Commission
BDLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has filed a complaint with the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) against the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) for “violating children’s right to education”. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 23 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, 22 September 2015. Source: Latest News
March next Wednesday against corruption ‘is not about politics’
Netwerk24 reports that 5,000 marshals have already been accredited with the police to control the crowds at next week’s march against corruption. Source: Latest News
Shot KZN cops found in back of police van
The Mercury reports that in a brazen attack in broad daylight on Tuesday, two Inanda police officers were robbed of their guns, stripped of their uniforms and shot. Source: Latest News