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The Sunday Independent reports that embattled Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi is expected at a press conference today to announce that he will be resigning from the labour federation he has headed for more than 15 years. Source: Latest News
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Hospersa demands meeting with KZN premier over health mismanagement and corruption
Sapa reports that about 200 members of the Hospersa trade union marched through Pietermaritzburg on Friday afternoon to demand a meeting with KwaZulu-Natal premier Senzo Mchunu over mismanagement and corruption in the province’s health department. Source: Latest News
State declares dispute declared in public sector pay talks
BDLive reports that wage talks for SA’s 1.3-million public servants are now headed toward mediation and conciliation at the behest of the state, a move which has evoked concern from organised labour that premature conciliation on an inadequate wage offer could push unions to strike. Source: Latest News
Labour Court throws out Matona’s case challenging Eskom suspension
BDLive reports that Eskom Chief Executive Tshediso Matona’s attempt to have his suspension lifted by the Labour Court failed on Friday. Source: Latest News
Final Marikana commission report ready for Zuma
The Citizen reports that the Marikana Commission of Inquiry will hand over its report to President Jacob Zuma next week. Source: Latest News
Web links to labour articles posted on Friday, 27 March 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Friday, 27 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 27 March 2015
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Thursday, 26 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Assmang Black Rock workers stage protest against layoffs
Kathu Gazette reports that several hundred mine workers at Assmang Black Rock made a robust call on 17 March 2015 to their management to reverse the decision to retrench close to 371 workers with effect from April 2015. Source: Latest News
Court extends paid maternity leave to men who become dads through surrogacy
Times Live reports that in a ground-breaking judgment yesterday, the Labour Court in Durban said it was discriminatory to refuse paid maternity leave to a gay man who became a parent through surrogacy. Source: Latest News
Gold mines’ claim of better living for miners a sign of panic, says NUM
Sowetan reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has rejected claims by AngloGold Ashanti (AGA), Gold Fields, Harmony Gold and Sibanye Gold that they have turned around the lives of their workers by offering them better accommodation and says that the R1.5-billion that the gold producers have spent on...