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News24 reports that lawyers for mineworkers are set to argue in court on Monday why President Jacob Zuma should urgently release the Marikana report. Source: Latest News
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Amcu threatens strike over extension of gold wage deal
Reuters reports that the president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Sunday that the union would launch a wildcat strike if its rival union and gold mining companies impose a wage deal on its members. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted from Friday, 5 June 2015 to Sunday, 7 June 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web from Friday, 5 June to Sunday, 7 June 2015. Source: Latest News
Elated Vavi hails NUM general secretary election as ‘game-changer’
Sunday Times writes that Zwelinzima Vavi’s chances of returning to his former job of general secretary of labour federation Cosatu received a major boost when his ally David Siphunzi was elected as general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Friday. Source: Latest News
Garnishee order on the cards for Malema
Sunday Times reports that the taxman wants to slap a monthly deduction order on Julius Malema’s parliamentary salary to ensure he pays tax arrears of R25.5-million. Source: Latest News
Broke North West municipality tells staff to bring their own toilet rolls to work
City Press reports that the financial health of the Ngaka Modiri Molema district, a penniless North West municipality with its capital at Mahikeng, is seemingly not getting any better and employees have now been urged to bring their own toilet paper because it cannot afford to replenish even these basic...
Patrick Craven looking for a job in order to survive
Saturday Citizen writes that former Cosatu spokesperson Patrick Craven appears to have shot himself in the foot by leaving the labour federation, as he is now jobless and looking for any job to make ends meet. Source: Latest News
Zuma tells court release of Marikana report is not urgent
City Press reports that President Jacob Zuma says that the urgent court application launched this past week to force him to release the Marikana report is not urgent at all. Source: Latest News
NUM has new general secretary as Sipunzi replaces Baleni
eNCA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has a new general secretary. David Sipunzi, formerly the Free State secretary, will now lead the union. Source: Latest News
CWU threatens to intensify MTN action with secondary strike
Fin24 reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) is threatening to step up strike action against mobile network MTN South Africa. Source: Latest News