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BDLive reports that the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers Union’s (Ceppwawu’s) R3.8bn investment company is at the centre of a court battle between warring union leaders for control of the entity. Source: Latest News
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Damming ILO report slams state for having failed farmworkers
The Star reports that a report released by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) has made damming findings against the state for not intervening enough to improve the livelihoods of farmworkers since 1994. Source: Latest News
At stormy community meeting, mines minister tells angry villagers he carries no jobs in his pocket
Sowetan reports that Minister of Mineral Resources, Ngoako Ramatlhodi, struggled to stay in control of a heated community meeting over mining jobs in Burgersfort, Limpopo, on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
SA gold sector heading inexorably for a wage strike
David McKay writes that the $100 per ounce decline in the gold price and multi-year lows for South African gold equities made it yet more urgent for the industry to agree new wage deals, said Chamber of Mines lead negotiator, Elize Strydom. Source: Latest News
Dithering on creation of new West Rand metro delays municipal staff appointments
BDLive writes that the redrawing of municipal boundaries in Gauteng’s West Rand is hampering the employment of skilled officials. Source: Latest News
City of Johannesburg goes to court to stop firefighters striking
Fin24 reports that the City of Johannesburg is to approach the Labour Court for an urgent interdict to stop firefighters from going on an unprotected strike. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Tuesday, 21 July 2015. Source: Latest News
Nearly 1,000 ‘critical’ state health jobs vacant in KZN
News24 reports that nearly 10,000 “critical” posts in the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health department remain vacant in a province where the public health sector is crippled by understaffing. Source: Latest News
Steelmaker Evraz Highveld moves to cut half its workforce
Mining Weekly Online reports that after earlier this week confirming that it had temporarily ceased steel production at its steelworks, Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium on Tuesday said it had issued a proposed restructuring notice that could see the company potentially cutting half of its workforce. Source: Latest News
Netcare warns public against social media job scams using its name
The Citizen reports that Netcare has alerted the public that the company’s name is being misused in a series of social media job scams. Source: Latest News