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BDLive reports that Ian Robertson, global group marketing head of BMW, says that uncertainty over industry policy and labour stability will not deter the German car maker from further investment in SA. Source: Latest News
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With IRL’s bid for steel producer Evraz successful, ongoing retrenchment process to proceed
Business Report writes that Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium’s bankruptcy protection practitioners have named International Resources Limited (IRL) as the successful bidder for the steel producer. Source: Latest News
SABC handed out R43m over six years in golden handshakes to get rid of senior staff
Fin24 reports that public broadcaster the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) paid R42.6m over the last six years to prematurely terminate former executives’ contracts. Source: Latest News
Striking workers 'definitely not' behind deadly Intercape bus attack, says Numsa
News24 reports that striking members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) were “definitely not” behind the “barbaric” attack on an Intercape bus which led to the deaths of two people, the union’s provincial secretary Vuyo Lufele said on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Chances good of no gold strikes at AngloGold and Harmony, but not so at Sibanye
Jan de Lange writes that the chances look good that wage strikes at the gold mines of AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) en Harmony Gold have been averted, but Sibanye Gold, where the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is the majority union, is readying itself for industrial action. Source: Latest...
Higher education and training department fights bogus colleges in court
The New Age reports that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) is embroiled in legal battles with more than 30 bogus colleges to force them to shut down at a time when matriculants are seeking institutions to further their studies next year at tertiary level. Source: Latest News
Panic mounts as Fawu strike in Ceres hits fruit exports hard
Business Report writes that a week-long strike in the Ceres district of the Western Cape is threatening fruit exports to Europe and has aggravated fears that it could lead to the violence that accompanied the 2012 farmworkers strike in the province. Source: Latest News
Aurora directors' appeal against damages ruling to be heard Thursday
eNCA reports that the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems have applied for leave to appeal a judgment which found them personally liable for damages worth as much as R1.5-billion after a failed mining deal. Source: Latest News
Operation to recover bodies of illegal miners at abandoned East Rand mine suspended
News24 reports that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) said on Wednesday that the operation to recover the bodies of illegal miners who died underground at an old East Rand mine had been suspended due to the fact that the conditions underground had become too dangerous. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Wednesday, 16 September 2015. Source: Latest News