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Bloomberg News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) will hold talks with a number of organisations this week, including Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), on forming a new political party. Source: Latest News
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Web links to a selection of labour articles posted on Tuesday, 14 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Tuesday, 14 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Satawu leaders ‘have been threatened’ and union believes Nkosi’s murder was a hit
BDLive reports that according to Vincent Masoga, spokesman for the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu), national leaders of the union have had their lives threatened, as did Chris Nkosi, the union’s slain Gauteng provincial secretary. Source: Latest News
Nehawu threatens ‘total shutdown’ of government over public sector wage increases
African News Agency reports that the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) on Tuesday threatened to shut down government services should the state not accede to the wage demands for public servants as tabled. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 14 April 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 13 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Cosatu's focus is on members' interests, says NUM’s Baleni
In an interview on Morning Live on Monday, Frans Baleni, general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), shed light and gave his views on recent development within labour federation Cosatu. Source: Latest News
Education department, Sadtu meet in Mahikeng over unpaid temporary teachers
SABC News reports that the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu) in North West is at logger-heads with the Department of Basic Education over non-payment of temporary teachers’ salaries. Source: Latest News
Mine health and safety a priority for Mineral Resources Department: Deputy Minister
Mining Weekly Online reports that Mineral Resources Deputy Minister Godfrey Oliphant said on Monday that the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) was ensuring that the South African mining industry was a global leader in mine health and safety. Source: Latest News
Expelled workers at Medupi set to return to work on Wednesday
Fin24 reports that expelled workers are scheduled to return to their jobs at Eskom’s Medupi power station construction site in Lephalale on Wednesday, National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) officials said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
SAAF sergeant dies in accident in Zambia
The New Age reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has received the remains of an Oryx helicopter aircrew member who died in a freak accident on Sunday in Zambia. Source: Latest News