BDLive reports that Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene has dropped a proposal to reduce, for the period of a year, contributions to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) after consultation with business and labour, the Treasury said on Thursday.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) leader Joseph Mathunjwa said on Friday at a Workers’ Day rally in Orkney, North West, that no trade union would fight for the rights of the workers harder than them.   Source: Latest News

News24 writes that this year’s Workers’ Day marches were marked by visible divisions, tales of neglect, and gatherings of the expelled.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Thursday, 30 April 2015. Source: Latest News

IOL News reports that the High Court in Durban has granted the National Union of Metalworkers SA (Numsa) permission to march in Durban on Friday as it celebrates Workers Day.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Telkom has made a provision for retrenchment and voluntary severance packages of approximately R591m, according to an operational update from the company on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

SABC News reports that contractors at Nelson Mandela Bay Metro in the Eastern Cape have downed tools saying that they have not been paid by the municipality for RDP houses they have built at Chetty in Port Elizabeth earlier this year.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that ten school teachers were struck off the registered teachers’ roll this year, mostly because of sexual offences against pupils, the SA Council of Educators (SACE) said on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training has pledged closer monitoring of the sector education and training authorities (Setas) amid poor performances and the government’s struggle to promote skills.   Source: Latest News