BDLive reports that, after putting up a fight that went as far as the Labour Court and back, suspended South African Airways (SAA) CEO Monwabisi Kalawe has settled for a payout of some R2.7m to resign from his position and as a director of the carrier. Source: Latest News
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South African employees return to Kenmare’s Moma mine in Mozambique
Mining Weekly Online reports that the 62 South Africans working at mineral sands producer Kenmare Resource’s Moma mine, in Mozambique, have returned to work. Source: Latest News
Guard killed and 240 injured in Metrorail train crash
Eyewitness News reports that Metrorail has confirmed that one of its guards has been killed and 240 people have been injured in a train collision which happened at Denver Station on Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 28 April 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 24 April 2015. Source: Latest News
As it tables its demand for gold pay hikes, Uasa wants inequality addressed
ANA reports that two trade unions, the United Association of SA (Uasa) and Solidarity, each said on Friday that they have tabled their wage demands in the gold mining sector. Source: Latest News
Police disperse striking workers at Eskom’s Medupi site
News24 reports that police have a dispersed a group of striking workers who attempted to block a road at the Medupi power station construction site near Lephalale on Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News
Court grapples with competing equity claims of groups who were all previously disadvantaged
BDLive reports that the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) on Friday gave its approval to an employment equity plan that justified the promotion of an African policeman over an Indian policeman, despite the Indian policeman being scored higher by a selection panel. Source: Latest News
Amcu versus gold mines: Battle lines being drawn up
City Press writes that the battle lines are being drawn in the run-up to this year’s wage talks in the gold mining industry and everything points to yet another dispute about union membership before wage talks get off the ground. Source: Latest News
Eskom’s strike-ridden Medupi site a 'living hell'
Business Report writes that workers and construction managers at Eskom’s Medupi site claim that they have been subject to a reign of terror, violence and intimidation over the past three weeks amid a strike marked by xenophobic demands that have all severely curtailed work. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Monday, 27 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 27 April 2015. Source: Latest News




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