Business Times reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which manages R1.6-trillion in government employees’ pension money, has come under fire from trade union federation Cosatu over its investment in labour group Adcorp. Source: Latest News
Sunday Independent writes that President Jacob Zuma’s hopes of salvaging the floundering ANC-led tripartite alliance ahead of next year’s municipal elections through a national summit could be in jeopardy even before it starts. Source: Latest News
SABC News reports that a R200 million Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) college will open its doors in the Limpopo town of Thabazimbi next year. Source: Latest News
Business Times writes that a case currently playing out in the Labour Court in Johannesburg is likely to have major implications for striking union members who damage property. Source: Latest News
TimesLive writes that, if it were solely up to the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru), national police commissioner Riah Phiyega would be exonerated of any blame for the 2012 Marikana massacre. Source: Latest News
BDLive writes that the acid test for the government’s commitment to the national minimum wage would be the figures to emerge from talks and whether there would be a “one size fits all” approach to sectors across the economy, S’dumo Dlamini, president of labour federation Cosatu, said on Sunday. Source:...
TimesLive writes that talks starting today to avoid a crippling gold mining wage strike look doomed to fail, with unions seemingly unwilling to compromise on wage increase demands ranging from 80% to more than 100%. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 20 June and Sunday, 21 June 2015. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that two men suspected of stealing explosives from Lonmin Platinum will appear at the Brits Magistrates’ Court on Monday. Source: Latest News
RDM News Wire reports that a survey has found that 52% of disabled students do not believe they have the same opportunities as others in the workplace. Source: Latest News
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