The Star reports that the widows and relatives of the ten people who were killed prior to the deadly Marikana shooting on 16 August 2012 feel that their quest for justice was not realised by the release of the Farlam inquiry report and that, on the contrary, they have been...
GroundUp reports that labour federation Cosatu and an organisation called Public Transport Voice have criticised Metrorail Cape Town’s ticket increases which kicked in on Wednesday, but the rail commuter operator said the fare increases were unavoidable. Source: Latest News
Engineering News Online reports that trade union Solidarity is to approach the Labour Court to obtain an urgent interdict against planned restructuring and retrenchments at telecoms giant Telkom. 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, 30 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that an application by Putco to have a new bus operator take over staff affected by its cancelled contracts was postponed by the Johannesburg Labour Court on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that two construction workers were injured at the Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton on Tuesday, the third such case this month. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that an estimated monthly average of R16,461 was paid to employees in the formal non-agricultural sector during February 2015, according to Statistics SA’s March 2015 Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES) survey. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that nine trade unions loyal to expelled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi have decided they will attend the trade union federation’s special national congress (SNC) later this month, although they are not happy with the agenda. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that on Wednesday morning angry commuters gathered at the Public Utility Transport Corporation (Putco) bus depot in Mamelodi where taxi drivers tried to stop AutoPax buses from operating. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that The Presidency said on Tuesday that the inter-ministerial committee (IMC) in charge of revitalising the country’s mining towns was making progress, with billions of rand already having been earmarked for several projects. Source: Latest News
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