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News24 reports that the African National Congress (ANC) said on Saturday that mining companies should work together with government to revitalise mining towns. Source: Latest News
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SAPS hiring over 6,000 new recruits
BusinessTech reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has embarked on a recruitment drive that aims to attract an additional 6,252 members to the police force during this 2015/2016 financial year. Source: Latest News
Prasa's crackdown on fake qualifications questioned by union
Sowetan reports that the National Transport Movement (NTM) has criticised the board of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for its plan to clamp down on the falsification of qualifications by executives. Source: Latest News
August 16 should be a public holiday, say Marikana miners
ANA reports that mineworkers who survived the August 2012 shooting at Marikana, near Rustenburg in North West, want August 16 to be declared a national public holiday in memory of people who died. Source: Latest News
Following Daveyton shootout last week, four zama zamas held over illegal gold, ammunition
The Star reports that police have arrested four people after a shootout between police and illegal miners, known as zama zamas, in Daveyton last week. Gold dust, 15 gold nuggets, R21,000 cash and explosives were recovered. Source: Latest News
A labour dispute must never turn to bloodshed, says Cosatu about Marikana
News24 reports that, as it remembered the events of Marikana on the shooting’s third anniversary on Sunday, labour federation Cosatu said a labour dispute must never turn to bloodshed. Source: Latest News
Rand Water says water supply won’t be disrupted by strike
EWN that two unions are threatening to strike at Rand Water this week, and while they’ve warned about water shortages in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Mpumalanga, the company says it will not allow this to happen. Source: Latest News
Amcu says mine lay-offs aimed at its members
Reuters reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), vowed on Sunday to resist proposed lay-offs in the ailing mining sector, saying the aim was to “kill” his union. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Saturday, 15 August and Sunday, 16 August 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 15 August and Sunday, 16 August 2015. Source: Latest News
Government taking recommendations of Farlam report seriously‚ says Zuma
RDM News Wire reports that President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday that implementation of the recommendations of the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the Marikana massacre was being taken seriously by the government. Source: Latest News