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Sapa reports that President Jacob Zuma has extended the deployment of South African troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Southern African and Indian Ocean coast, and Sudan, the Presidency said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
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Telkom to approach workers after outsourcing talks with CWU deadlock
Engineering News Online reports that telecommunications firm Telkom will approach its employees directly after talks between it and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) over the current Section 197 (outsourcing) process deadlocked this week. Source: Latest News
Zuma receives official Marikana inquiry report
Sapa reports that the Presidency has received the report by the Farlam Commission of Inquiry into the violence at Marikana, it indicated on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Cosatu confirms its dismissal of Vavi with immediate effect
Fin24 reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has confirmed the dismissal of its general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi and accused him of several violations. Source: Latest News
Sacked Vavi vows to fight on
Terry Bell reports that Zwelinzima Vavi has responded to reports that he intended accepting his dismissal as general secretary of Cosatu and would leave to establish a rival federation with the words: “I am a fighter. I do not just walk away when I think something is wrong.” Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 31 March 2015
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Monday, 30 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Minister to launch probe into miners’ missing pension money
Sowetan reports that the government is on the verge of appointing a task team to probe the whereabouts of pension funds belonging to mineworkers. Source: Latest News
A Cosatu split would be ‘good for SA’, says Steven Friedman
The New Age writes that, according to political analyst Steven Friedman, the imminent split in labour federation Cosatu, further exacerbated by the dismissal of general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi, might be politically detrimental for the tripartite alliance but there was a silver lining. Source: Latest News
Two Gauteng Health doctors and eight other employees found to have fake qualifications
City Press reports that two doctors who lied about their medical qualifications have been dismissed by the Gauteng health department. Source: Latest News
Solidarity says Correctional Services persists in enforcing national EE demographics
Trade union Solidarity on Monday accused the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) of unlawfully continuing to enforce its disputed race targets despite an ongoing lawsuit between the union and the department over the latter’s implementation of affirmative action. Source: Latest News