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Cape Argus reports that the SA Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) is threatening mass strike action in opposition of the City of Cape Town’s decision to rent the Good Hope Centre to Film Afrika at R200,000 a month. Source: Latest News
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Questions around death of electrocuted Metrorail employee
Sowetan reports that an artisan who was electrocuted to death on Monday while attending to a faulty train at Metrorail’s Braamfontein branch had allegedly been working alone, which was against regulations. Source: Latest News
Fedusa welcomes Ramaphosa’s call for a national forum on job creation and retrenchments
Business Report writes that the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) has welcomed deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for the establishment of a national forum on job creation and retrenchments. Source: Latest News
SIU claws back millions from light-fingered KZN civil servants
News24 reports that the Special Investigation Unit has recovered more than half a billion rand stolen by government officials in KwaZulu-Natal in the last two years, Premier Senzo Mchunu advised on Monday. Source: Latest News
State’s request for extension to respond to Marikana civil claims could hint at compensation
Greg Nicolson reports that the state attorney acting on behalf of Police Minister, Nkosinathi Nhleko, has requested an extension to respond to civil claims from both the relatives of 36 mineworkers killed in Marikana in August 2012 and 275 injured and arrested mineworkers. Source: Latest News
Treasury’s Jobs Fund aims for 30,000 agriculture sector jobs
BDLive reports that the Treasury’s Jobs Fund, which has a target of creating 150,000 jobs by next year, is focusing on small and medium enterprises to help make inroads into SA’s stubbornly high unemployment rate. Source: Latest News
Sadtu blasts education department for importing Chinese teachers to teach Mandarin
TimesLive reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) said on Monday that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) “has the nerve” to open a market for Chinese teachers when its own teachers remain unemployed. Source: Latest News
Tshwane Bus Services back to normal on Monday
The Citizen reports that bus services in Tshwane resumed on Monday after drivers abandoned keys last week in an impromptu strike. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Monday, 14 September 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 14 September 2015. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Monday, 14 September 2015
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 11 September 2015. Source: Latest News