Marianne Thamm writes that, while President Jacob Zuma has announced that he is not yet ready to make public the final Farlam Commission of Inquiry report into the 2012 Marikana massacre, various NGOs, individuals, representatives of the miners’ families as well as the Marikana Support Campaign are determined to keep...
BDLIve reports that gold producers intend in upcoming wage negotiations to avoid the mistake made by platinum companies last year, where unaffordable wage increases were followed by job cuts, AngloGold Ashanti CEO Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan (Venkat), said on Monday. 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, 11 May 2015. Source: Latest News
Daily News reports that, according to KwaZulu-Natal’s health MEC, Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo, the province’s many private nursing training colleges are producing far more nurses than can be absorbed into the system. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that the Johannesburg High Court has ordered labour federation Cosatu to hold a special congress within two months after unions unhappy with the expulsion of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) went to court. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that output at Atlatsa Resources’ Bokoni mine in Limpopo was hit on Monday as protestors blocked workers from entering the mine. Source: Latest News
Bloomberg News reports that the government has increased its wage offer for civil servants such as nurses, teachers and other state workers, according to Nkosana Dolopi, deputy general secretary of the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu). Source: Latest News
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 8 May 2015. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that the South African mining industry is haemorrhaging jobs, with planned cuts of 400 jobs at Harmony Gold’s marginal Masimong mine, during the June quarter, the latest salvo that is set to earn the wrath of the unions. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that of the 633.9-million shares voted at Gold Fields’ annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, more than 133-million voted against the company’s remuneration policy, while another 46.5-million abstained. Source: Latest News
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