News24 reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) on Sunday said it had requested the Inspector-General of Intelligence, Advocate Faith Radebe, to investigate allegations that the state security agency (SSA) was spying on SABC staff. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema said on Sunday that he would fight for domestic workers to earn a monthly minimum wage of R4,500. Source: Latest News
The New Age reports that National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) KZN regional coordinator Bhekani Ngcobo said on Sunday that the strike at Corobrik’s Long Meadow site near Pietermaritzburg would continue until the reasonable demands of the workers have been met. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that members of the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) are to embark on a protest march in Cape Town on 10 September to voice their opposition against the planned closure of Oceana’s fish-meal factory in Hout Bay. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that a minute of silence was observed at the official unveiling of Medupi power station’s unit six on Sunday, for an employee who died during construction at the site in 2010. Source: Latest News
Sunday Independent writes that leading union voices say that corruption, obsession with money and crass materialism are the reasons behind infighting and factionalism in many unions and federations as leaders scrummage to get on the gravy train. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly Online reports that the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Sonke Gender Justice have been given the green light to present evidence against gold mining companies in a potential class action suit by hundreds of thousands of miners who contracted silicosis and tuberculosis (TB) in their line of work. ...
BDLive reports that President Jacob Zuma warned on Sunday that the economy was “sick” and appealed to business and labour to prioritise saving jobs over profit margins and wage hikes. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 29 August and Sunday, 30 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Friday, 28 August 2015. Source: Latest News
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