BDLive reports that thousands of commuters were left stranded in Durban’s city centre on Tuesday as striking taxi drivers and owners, some wielding sticks, guns and other weapons, put up barricades, burned debris, attacked vehicles and destroyed property. Source: Latest News
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MTN apologises to customers for service lapse due to strike
The Citizen reports that cellphone operator MTN SA on Tuesday apologised to its customers on the lapse in service following the strike by its employees. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Tuesday, 26 May 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Tuesday, 26 May 2015. Source: Latest News
Zuma undertakes to release Marikana report by end of June
RDM News Wire reports that President Jacob Zuma told Parliament on Tuesday that he would release the report of the Farlam commission of inquiry into the Marikana massacre by the end of next month. Source: Latest News
Importing engineering skills from outside of SA is a temporary solution: Cesa
The New Age reports that Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) president Abe Thela said on Monday that importing skills from outside of South Africa was a temporary solution. Source: Latest News
MTN customers fume at call centre closure due to strike
Fin24 reports that MTN customers have expressed their frustration with the closure of the mobile operator’s call centre as strike action continues. Source: Latest News
'Performance bonuses' worth R7m paid to Free State municipal officials
EWN reports that it was emerged that senior municipal officials across several Free State municipalities have received performance bonuses of more than R7 million during the 2013/2014 financial year, despite the municipalities owing other government utilities millions. Source: Latest News
More parties step in to fight for release of Marikana findings
BDLive reports that more parties have joined the Marikana mine workers’ legal bid to force the Presidency to release the findings and recommendations contained in the Farlam Commission of Inquiry report. Source: Latest News
Leader of KZN paramedic strike in custody after appearing in court for intimidation
News24 reports that the alleged “saboteur” in a province-wide paramedic go-slow in KwaZulu-Natal, Eric Sifiso Dlamini, was remanded in custody after appearing in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Source: Latest News
SANDF denies stranding soldiers in Uganda
The Citizen reports that there is still no indication as to when a unit of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), currently at a staging post in Uganda, will return home. Source: Latest News




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