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TimesLive reports that lawyers representing families of dead and injured Marikana mineworkers are preparing for a multibillion-rand class action lawsuit against the government. Source: Latest News
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Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted from Friday, 26 June to Sunday, 28 June 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web from Friday, 26 June to Sunday, 28 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 26 June 2015
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 25 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Marikana report indicates that the NUM, Amcu and Lonmin could have done more
eNCA reports that the Marikana Commission has found that platinum producer Lonmin and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) did not use their “best endeavours” to resolve the wage dispute that led up to the deaths of 44 people over several days in August 2012. Source: Latest News
Uber taxi service plans to create 15,000 jobs in SA by 2017
BDLIve reports that app-based taxi service Uber has set itself the ambitious target of creating 15,000 jobs in SA by 2017, despite the country’s slim economic growth prospects. Source: Latest News
Solidarity welcomes ruling against Aurora directors
The Citizen reports that trade union Solidarity has welcomed a ruling on Thursday in the High Court in Pretoria holding the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems liable for stripping the assets of Pamodzi Gold as a victory for the workers and the rule of law. Source: Latest News
Lack of trust hobbles this week’s gold mining wage talks
Mail & Guardian reports that gold producers have implored labour to move away from adversarial posturing and approach this year’s wage negotiations differently. Source: Latest News
Phiyega takes the fall over Marikana, as Ramaphosa, Shabangu and Mthethwa walk
BDLive reports that Deputy President and former Lonmin director Cyril Ramaphosa and other members of the executive have been let off the hook in the findings of the Farlam Commission on Inquiry into the 2012 Marikana massacre, but National Police Commissioner Riah Phiyega is under scrutiny. Source: Latest News
New forum between industry bodies and union Fawu created in Western Cape fruit, wine sectors
Fin24 reports that a bold step towards improved labour relations in the Western Cape’s fruit and wine sectors was taken when two key industry bodies, Hortgro and VinPro, and the Food & Allied Workers Union (Fawu) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Source: Latest News
Khulubuse Zuma, Zondwa Mandela liable for R1.7bn Aurora damages
City Press reports that North Gauteng High Court Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann on Thursday handed down a damning judgment against the directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems. Source: Latest News