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News24 reports that judgment was reserved on an application to have President Jacob Zuma immediately release the Farlam Commission’s report on the 2012 Marikana killings. Source: Latest News
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Office fire claims life at Anglo Platinum’s Union mine
Mining Weekly Online reports that a shift supervisor at Anglo American Platinum’s Union mine, near Rustenburg, was killed on 2 June when an office building at the operation’s Spud shaft burnt down, the platinum producer said over the weekend. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Monday, 8 June 2015
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 5 June 2015. Source: Latest News
MTN shrugs off CWU’s secondary strike threat
The Citizen reports that on Sunday cellphone operator MTN was unfazed by the threat of a secondary strike. Source: Latest News
New NUM chief to bring new approach to gold and coal wage negotiations
BDLive writes that the change in leadership at the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is set to bring a new approach to coming wage talks in the gold and coal sectors. Source: Latest News
Working class and poor need a voice on energy crisis, says Vavi
RDM News Wire writes that, according to Zwelinzima Vavi, the electricity crisis hits the working class and the poor hardest‚ but they have been “locked out’ of Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa’s so-called war room. Source: Latest News
DTI’s Davies says US poultry imports could affect jobs, but within tolerable range
BDLive reports that, according to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies, the agreement reached between the US and SA allowing for the import of thousands of chickens from the US will have an impact on domestic production and jobs in the local poultry industry, but within the range of tolerability...
Clawback of R3bn in public wage bill hinges on interpretation of 2012 clause
City Press reports that a task team of lawyers was due to have spent the weekend deciding how big a wage increase the country’s civil servants are actually going to get this year. Source: Latest News
Hlaudi reportedly ready to ‘load shed’ SABC staff if 8% pay offer not accepted
City Press reports that the two major unions at the SABC have declared disputes over annual wage negotiations after the public broadcaster’s chief operating officer, Hlaudi Motsoeneng, last week told staff to accept his 8% increase offer, or they would be “load shed”. Source: Latest News
In clothing and related sectors, 17% of workers have suffered short-time due to load-shedding
eNCA reports that according to a survey conducted by the SA Labour Research Institute, load-shedding has put the clothing, textile, footwear and leather (CTFL) sectors under strain and many factories are making a lesser profit. Source: Latest News