The Star reports that the Ekurhuleni Metro will partner with some companies to host a career expo on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Alberton Civic Centre, which will take place a day before a job summit which is due to be held at the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg on Thursday. ...
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says the triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality calls for innovative and decisive ways to address them. Source: Latest News
BusinessTech reports that telecommunications company Telkom says it aims to speed up its retrenchment process in the 2016 financial year in order to create a “leaner and more productive workforce”. Source: Latest News
Pretoria News reports that senior Tshwane metro police official Johanna “Trish” Armstrong has been fired from the job she had occupied since May 2013 after an investigation found her to have made fraudulent misrepresentations about her academic qualifications. Source: Latest News
Mail & Guardian writes that Mpho Phakedi, provincial secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM’s) largest region, PWV , believes that former unionist-cum businessman and present Deputy President, Cyril Ramaphosa, is the right man to lead the ANC and the country after President Jacob Zuma’s term in office ends. ...
TimesLive writes that, as MTN SA tries to calm enraged subscribers who’ve been ignored by the strike-hit network for weeks, dozens of @MTNzaService tweets are currently beginning with “Apologies for the delay and inconvenience…” Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly Online writes that jobless mining engineering graduates are pleading for inclusion in South Africa’s mining industry in preparation for the sector’s inevitable upturn in the future. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has declared a dispute with the municipal employer body, the SA Local Government Association (Salga). 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, 8 June 2015. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) on Monday warned the leadership of Cosatu that it was fighting ”tooth and nail” to attend the organisation’s special national congress next month and to be reinstated into the labour federation. Source: Latest News
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