BDLive reports that Department of Labour director-general Thobile Lamati will be called to testify in the parliamentary hearing into a forensic audit report that found Herbert Mkhize had ripped off Nedlac by more than R1m.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the former head of engineering services at the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), Daniel Mthimkhulu, appeared in the Johannesburg Magistrate’s court on Wednesday on a charge of fraud and uttering relating to his qualification, the National Prosecuting Authority in Gauteng said.   Source: Latest News

News24 writes that some teachers in Port Elizabeth’s Northern Areas are finding it hard to survive because they don’t get paid for several months on end, one teacher claimed.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that former Congress South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says that if Riah Phiyega is not responsible for what happened in Marikana, then the country must be told who ordered live ammunition and mortuary vans before the day of the shooting on 16 August 2012.  ...

BDLive reports that the unemployment rate came down slightly in the second quarter as jobs were created, but the drop was also due to large numbers of job seekers who were discouraged from looking for work.   Source: Latest News

In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Tuesday, 28 July 2015. Source: Latest News

Author and commentator Adriaan Groenewald writes that a shift in attitude in the current wage negotiations in the gold mining sector is essential to achieve industrial unity and a lasting solution.   Source: Latest News

SABC News reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) and the SA Commuters Organisation have called on President Jacob Zuma to recall Transport Minister, Dipuo Peters, and to sack the chairperson of the board of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), Popo Molefe.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg News writes that South Africa is bleeding jobs as falling commodity prices and increasing wage demands force mining companies to cut back on staff.   Source: Latest News

Netwerk24 reports that Thursday is D-day for the gold mining sector as the Chamber of Mines is due on that day to present its final increase proposal to the trade unions involved in the wage negotiations.   Source: Latest News