Mail & Guardian writes that it is rare for a trade union federation and a liberal political party to agree, but when it comes to the staggering electricity tariff increase proposed by power utility Eskom, even enemies are nodding in unison.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that an Absa bank custodian and one of the bank’s cleaners, who allegedly stole more than R3 million from the bank last March, have been found guilty in the Nelspruit Regional Court and will be sentenced on 20 July.   Source: Latest News

BDLIve reports that Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) is to cut up to 420 managerial and supervisory jobs at its wholly-owned Rustenburg Platinum Mines (RPM) subsidiary where it is consolidating mining operations to cut costs in a weak market.   Source: Latest News

Cape Times reports that André van Deventer, found guilty of calling a domestic worker the K-word and assaulting her last year, has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment after he failed to comply with the conditions of his original sentence.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 22 June 2015. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that trade union Solidarity says white employees of Telkom will “bear the brunt” of the telecommunication company’s current retrenchment process.   Source: Latest News

In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 19 June 2015. Source: Latest News

The Star reports that a policeman assigned to protect Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan was shot dead in an apparent failed hijacking in Gauteng.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday that there was “broad agreement” that, while South Africa would not abandon collective bargaining, sectoral determinations on pay for workers should not be lower than the mooted national minimum wage.   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that David Sipunzi, newly elected head of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), said on Sunday that his members were still being paid ‘apartheid’ wages, signaling a hard line ahead of gold sector wage talks due to start on Monday.   Source: Latest News