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TimesLive reports that Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has gazetted a system for grading municipalities and the salaries paid to their councillors. Source: Latest News
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Amcu talks tough ahead of first gold mining wage round
BDLive reports that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa on Thursday set the tone for upcoming wage talks in the gold sector by rejecting a social pact with employers. Source: Latest News
Vavi apologises to Mbeki for believing in 'conspiracy theories'
IOL News reports that former president Thabo Mbeki received an unexpected birthday gift on Thursday in the form of an unsolicited apology from expelled Cosatu general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi. Source: Latest News
Samwu members interrupt Nelson Mandela Bay budget meeting
Fin24 reports that the special council meeting to discuss the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality’s budget for the 2015/2016 financial year was disrupted by a small group of disgruntled workers on Thursday morning. Source: Latest News
Popcru move to protect policemen involved in Marikana ‘massacre’
BDLive reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) wants its national congress to adopt a resolution that will shield its members, who were serving the state as law officers, from possible prosecution for their role in the shooting of protestors at Marikana in August 2012. Source: Latest...
Court postpones bid to put chemical union Ceppwawu under administration
BDLive reports that the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) was provided with some relief on Thursday when the Labour Court in Johannesburg postponed an application by the registrar of labour to place the union under administration. Source: Latest News
Unions in metals and engineering sector want judicial inquiry into Eskom
Fin24 reports that several unions in the metals and engineering sector on Thursday called for a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate Eskom’s problems. Source: Latest News
We want the money not a gold mining sustainability pact, says Amcu leader
Reuters reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), on Thursday dismissed proposals from gold mining companies for an economic and social “sustainability pact”, saying workers embarking on wage talks in the sector just wanted money. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 18 June 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 17 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Cosatu affairs shouldn’t be for the courts, says Dlamini
Daily News reports that S’dumo Dlamini, president of trade union federation Cosatu, has made a special plea to delegates at the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) congress to take a resolution that bars it from taking the organisation to court. Source: Latest News