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In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 27 August 2015. Source: Latest News
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With 290 000 jobs at risk, will government pull steel sector out of the fire?
Financial Mail writes that SA’s big steel producers are in deep trouble and events are overtaking their ability to save a key but rapidly disintegrating sector. Source: Latest News
National minimum wage: A delicate balance
Financial Mail writes that Nedlac has kept a tight lid on talks over the proposed national minimum wage (NMW), but cracks are beginning to show as leading researchers (never mind the political actors) bump heads over the right way to approach the problem. Source: Latest News
Joburg City dismisses firefighters’ claims of poor working conditions
The Star reports that the City of Johannesburg has dismissed claims by disgruntled firefighters of substandard working conditions and also that its emergency services are in dire need of vital equipment and related resources. Source: Latest News
National Transport Movement (NTM) guns for Prasa and unlucky Montana
Sowetan reports that the National Transport Movement (NTM) has opened criminal cases against the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) and its former CEO Lucky Montana. Source: Latest News
Ten East Rand police officers charged with murder, torture
News24 reports that ten policemen appeared in the Tembisa Magistrates court on charges of murder and torture on Thursday following the death of a man they were questioning for theft, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said. Source: Latest News
Lonmin sheds 1,400 jobs as cost-cutting programme gets under way
Mining Weekly Online reports that, after last month announcing a programme of shaft closures and workforce reductions, platinum producer Lonmin said on Thursday that 1,400 employees have already left the business. Source: Latest News
Police probe claim illegal miners are trapped in disused Benoni shaft after explosion
The Star reports that police are investigating whether there is any truth to a claim that about 17 illegal miners are trapped in a disused mineshaft after an explosion underground in Benoni. Source: Latest News
KZN school principal hacked to death after threats she should resign
Daily News reports that the principal of Villa Maria School in Bishopstowe near Pietermaritzburg was hacked to death in Table Mountain Road on Wednesday. Nokuthula Magwanyana had left the school and was travelling home to Pietermaritzburg at about 4pm when she was attacked. A police source said it was believed that Magwanyana...
Csaawu needs to raise R250,000 or face closure next month
GroundUp reports that the Commercial Stevedoring Agricultural & Allied Workers’ Union (Csaawu) has been going door-to-door on farms between Robertson and Ladysmith this week in a bid to raise enough money to keep its doors open. Source: Latest News