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The Mercury reports that on Tuesday thousands of young people packed Currie’s Fountain in Durban hoping to be selected to join the police force. Source: Latest News
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New deal due to be signed on Monday aims to stem mine job cuts
BDLive reports that crisis talks in the mining sector have yielded a commitment on new measures to save jobs and help make the industry more sustainable in the long term. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Wednesday, 26 August 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Wednesday, 26 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Vavi calls on mining unions to rally behind silicosis sufferers in case against gold producers
EWN reports that the former general secretary of labour federation Cosatu, Zwelinzima Vavi, has called on all of South Africa’s mining unions to rally behind a class action civil claim against gold mining companies whose employees have contracted silicosis. Source: Latest News
Telkom vows to end massive exit payouts for executives
TechCentral reports that telecoms firm Telkom will not again structure a contract with an exit package as generous as the one paid to former chief financial officer Jacques Schindehütte, board chairman Jabu Mabuza has vowed. Source: Latest News
Union queries if presence of NIA spooks at SABC’s Durban office means staff are being spied on
News24 reports that the Broadcast Electronic Media and Allied Workers’ Union (Bemawu) has lifted the lid on what it describes as suspicious activity by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) at the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s Durban office. Source: Latest News
Municipal wage talks a success following intervention of facilitator
The Citizen reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) signed a three-year wage agreement with the SA Local Government Association (Salga) on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Midday roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 26 August 2015
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 25 August 2015. Source: Latest News
ANC says protecting farm worker's rights remains a priority
News24 reports that the African National Congress (ANC) says it remains committed to fighting for the protection of farm worker’s rights. Source: Latest News
Closure of Hout Bay fish plant to appease ‘champagne and caviar crowd’ outrages Cosatu
Fin24 reports that Cosatu reacted on Tuesday to fishing group Oceana’s announcement on 14 August that it would be closing its Hout Bay operation due to the City of Cape Town’s introduction of new air regulations by saying that the “champagne and caviar crowd of Hout Bay who have little...