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ANA reports that Jeff Mphahlele, general secretary of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), said on Sunday that the union would not back down from its promise to bring economic change to the country. Source: Latest News
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Make Marikana report public, Numsa insists
ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) says that the Farlam commission report into the police shooting that left 34 people dead on 16 August 2012 in Marikana, North West, must be made public. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on Saturday, 25 April and Sunday, 26 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 25 April and Sunday, 26 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Anglo Platinum retrenchments of nearly 500 a cause for concern
SABC News reports that almost 500 employees of Anglo American Platinum in North West will join the ranks of the unemployed next month. Source: Latest News
Memorial in honour of Marikana victims to be erected
SABC News writes that, while South Africa has lately been consumed by the status of colonial and apartheid statues, one future memorial likely to enjoy unanimous support will be the one that will be erected in honour of the Marikana victims. Source: Latest News
Ill workers’ R83m case against Sasol likely precursor to many coal mining suits
Business Times reports on the R83-million damages claim lodged in the Johannesburg High Court this month against Sasol’s mining arm by 22 former employees. Source: Latest News
Pay of the two CEOs of Standard Bank knocked hard after massive London loss
Business Times reports that Standard Bank’s two CEOs, Ben Kruger and Sim Tshabalala, suffered a squeeze on their bonuses because of the hefty R3.7-billion loss the group made at its London-based business. Source: Latest News
Limusa president laid to rest on Saturday
President of new Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) affiliate the Liberated Metalworkers Union of South Africa (Limusa) Sifiso Maphumulo, who died in a car accident, was due to be laid to rest in KwaMakhutha, KwaZulu-Natal on Saturday. Source: Latest News
Nurses’ union Denosa slams ‘lack of security’ at Mpumalanga health facilities
The New Age reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) in Mpumalanga has expressed concern at the “lack of security” at hospitals and clinics. Source: Latest News
Liberian job-seeker who was told “we don’t employ non-South Africans” wins CCMA case
The Star reports that a Liberian man was told just two-minutes into a job interview for a call-centre job in Cape Town that “Our company does not employ non-South African,” has been awarded compensation of R5,000 after taking his case to the CCMA. Source: Latest News