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Zondwa Mandela and Khulubuse Zuma await fraud ruling in the Aurora saga

Bloomberg reports that Judge Eberhard Bertelsmann, presiding over evidence collected over four years, will make a ruling within weeks at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria in the Aurora case in which claims amounting to almost R2 billion have been brought against Zondwa Mandela, Khulubuse Zuma and three others...

NUM congress kicks off on Wednesday

SABC News reports that job losses, the electricity crisis, disunity in labour federation Cosatu and the ongoing instability in the security cluster are set to top the agenda of the 15th National Congress of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).   Source: Latest News

Lonmin could 'easily' have afforded R12,500, claims research body AIDC

Platinum producer Lonmin could easily have afforded to pay its rock drill operators the R12,500 monthly salary they demanded in 2012 if it had the “political will” to do so, according to a report released on Tuesday by the Alternative Information Development Centre (AIDC).   Source: Latest News

Eskom, government have failed SA, says Numsa

Business Report writes that sectors of civil society, including the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), trade union Solidarity and representatives from seven municipalities, convened in Johannesburg on Tuesday to find solutions to SA’s energy crisis.   Source: Latest News