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Business Times reports that South African Airways’ (SAA’s) plans for profitability include firing more than 10.5% of staff by September, a frank corporate plan tabled in Parliament has revealed. Source: Latest News
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SA’s female miners break ground for their gender
AFP writes that, despite an apartheid-era ban on women working underground only having been lifted in 1996, 15% of all employees in the mining sector are now female, exceeding the government’s own target of 10%. Source: Latest News
Landmark judgment is not end of ‘garnishee order’ war
City Press reports that last week’s landmark judgment against illegally obtained emolument attachment orders (EAOs) is not the end of the battle. Source: Latest News
Sadtu allegedly told Council for Educators to drop jobs-for-cash probe
City Press reports that an investigation by the SA Council for Educators (SACE) has found no evidence that teaching and administrative positions in the Department of Basic Education (DBE) were ever bought or sold. Source: Latest News
More job cuts loom at MTN, with strike still unresolved
Business Report writes that cellphone operator MTN plans to cut hundreds of jobs following about eight weeks of disruptive and violent strike action, sources close to the firm said over the weekend. Source: Latest News
'Internal affairs' unit formed to root out rotten cops
TimesLive writes that the police are grappling with so many criminals in their own ranks that a specialised unit will soon be launched to deal exclusively with dirty cops. Source: Latest News
NUM threatens strike over proposed Kumba lay-offs
Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday its members would stop work at Kumba Iron Ore if the company went ahead with plans to cut up to 175 jobs, most of them at its Sishen mine in the Northern Cape. Source: Latest News
Audit of membership at gold mines fails to rattle Amcu
Business Report writes that Jimmy Gama, national treasurer of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said on Thursday that the union was unfazed by an independent audit commissioned by the Chamber of Mines that found 95% of supposedly unprocessed membership applications were invalid. Source: Latest News
Taxis running in Mamelodi again on Friday morning
News24 reports that minibus taxis were operating in Mamelodi on Friday morning, despite conflicting reports from government and the taxi operators on whether impounded vehicles were to be released. Source: Latest News
A final showdown expected at Cosatu’s special congress next week
Natasha Marrian writes that labour federation Cosatu is heading to a special national congress next week and, for the first time after more than two years of factional fighting, ordinary workers will have their say. Source: Latest News