In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 6 July 2015. Source: Latest News
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Glencore rubbishes NUM allegations over Optimum job cuts
Mining Weekly Online reports that global mining company Glencore on Monday rejected the National Union of Mineworker’s (NUM’s) allegations that the company had failed to comply with its social and labour plan regarding severance packages, as baseless, saying it was up to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) to “enforce...
Fatal accident at RBPlat’s BRPM South Shaft
On Monday, Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat) reported the death of a RMS contractor employee at its BRPM South Shaft. Source: Latest News
Metered taxi operators bully Uber drivers and passengers
TimesLive writes that war has been declared on online taxi service Uber, with metered taxi operators intimidating drivers and passengers and threatening to slow traffic nationally in protest. Source: Latest News
Glencore under fire by NUM over plans to close Optimum operations
Business Report writes that mining giant Glencore has come under fire over plans to shut some of its local opencast coal operations that will see the retrenchment of 628 employees. Source: Latest News
We made MTN boss resign, say CWU strikers
The Citizen reports that according to the Communications Workers Union (CWU), MTN South Africa boss Ahmad Farroukh, who has resigned from his position as of 31 July, has certainly “felt the heat of the company’s ongoing strike”. Source: Latest News
All four unions reject opening wage offer made gold producers
BDLive reports that all four unions in the gold mining sector wage talks on Monday rejected an opening offer from gold producers, setting the scene for a long and difficult wage round. Source: Latest News
Cosatu backs Huguenot Tunnel strike by Satawu members
News24 reports that Cosatu in the Western Cape said on Monday it was throwing its weight behind the Huguenot Tunnel workers who are currently on strike. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Monday, 6 July 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 6 July 2015. Source: Latest News
CEO of MTN SA quits amid long-running strike
BDLive reports that Ahmad Farroukh, CEO of MTN South Africa, has resigned, the Group said on Monday. Source: Latest News




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