TimesLive reports that a KwaZulu-Natal nurse was told to take unpaid leave and pay for her own medical bills and tests for her family after a private hospital group initially refused to register her TB diagnosis as an on-duty injury. Source: Latest News
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Sita admits to bungling the issuing of graduation certificates
BDLive reports that the State Information Technology Agency (Sita) on Wednesday owned up to management blunders that resulted in its failure to provide certificates to more than 100,000 tertiary education students. Source: Latest News
Two Medupi workers shot and wounded on Thursday
ANA reports that two workers employed at Eskom’s Medupi power station construction site, near Lephalale, were shot and wounded on Thursday morning, Limpopo police said. Source: Latest News
MTN’s supplies of mobile phones hit by strike
Reuters writes that telecoms network operator MTN has reportedly been turning away customers hoping to buy mobile phones at some of its stores due to supply shortages caused by its current labour dispute. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 11 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, 10 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Salga condemns Samwu decision to declare dispute over municipal wages
SABC News reports that the South African Local Government Association (Salga), representing municipal employers, has condemned a move by the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) to file a dispute over the salary and wage negotiations which are currently underway. Source: Latest News
With gold wage talks set, Amcu says all parties and not just workers have to make sacrifices
The Citizen reports that Joseph Mathunjwa, president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said yesterday that, while the state of the economy has to be considered before decisions could be taken, workers’ salaries should also be prioritised. Source: Latest News
Solidarity sets up Telkom retrenchment crisis task team
ITWeb reports that trade union Solidarity is establishing a crisis task team to tackle the large-scale retrenchments announced at Telkom. Source: Latest News
Petmin hands over 20% of Somkhele mine to employees, community in innovative BEE deal
Mining Weekly Online reports that coal and iron-ore company Petmin has finalised a R350-million broad-based black economic-empowerment (BBBEE) deal that sees its employees and the local mining community awarded a 20% stake in the miner’s Somkhele anthracite operation, in KwaZulu-Natal. Source: Latest News
Sadtu education jobs-for-sale investigation concluded
SABC News reports that the ministerial task team probing allegations of posts being “sold” by members of the SA Democratic Teacher’s Union (Sadtu) has wrapped up its investigation. Source: Latest News




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