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ANN7 reports that the Department of Home Affairs has warned its employees not to participate in a protest if they do not want to face disciplinary action. Source: Latest News
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Protest over hiring and sub-contracting practices at new Langa mall
African News Agency reports that Langa residents on Thursday continued their protest over what they alleged were unfair hiring practices at the new R60 million Langa Junction Mall in Cape Town. Source: Latest News
Metrobus driver stable in ICU after shooting
EWN reports that City of Johannesburg’s Metrobus service says the driver wounded in a shooting in Roodepoort on 1 April remains in a stable condition in hospital. Source: Latest News
Police haven’t yet spoken to witness of deadly shooting of cops on N3 highway
News24 reports that a man who witnessed the shooting of three police officers by a gang of criminals on the N3 highway last weekend said police have still not taken a statement from him, his wife and daughter. Source: Latest News
‘More will follow Vavi’
Commentator and journalist Mzwandile Jacks writes that South Africans have for many years seen a split within the ANC-aligned trade union federation Cosatu as unthinkable, but a historic split and the formation of a Cosatu rival now seem to be in the works. Source: Latest News
Web links to labour articles posted on Thursday, 2 April 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Thursday, 2 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Parliamentary committee calls for collaboration to expose ‘kingpins’ behind illegal mining
Mining Weekly Online reports that the parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral resources on Thursday called on all affected stakeholders to expose the real “kingpins” of the illegal mining sector. Source: Latest News
Dlamini pleads with SA to be fair to Cosatu over Vavi expulsion
Fin24 reports that Cosatu president S’dumo Dlamini said on Thursday that South Africans must be fair to the trade union federation regarding its decision to expel general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 2 April 2015
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Wednesday, 1 April 2015. Source: Latest News
Workers at Pumulani toll plaza outside Pretoria on strike
ANA reports that workers at the Pumulani toll plaza outside of Pretoria on Thursday embarked on a strike, causing long queues at the toll gate as people travel for the Easter holidays. Source: Latest News