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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Tuesday, 24 March 2015. Source: Latest News
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Police hunt for gang of 12 Park Station cop killers
Police are looking for a group of about 12 men who allegedly shot and killed a constable following an attempted robbery at Johannesburg’s Park Station on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Formal sector creates 42,000 more jobs in 2014 Q4
BDLive reports that Statistics SA’s quarterly employment statistics survey showed on Tuesday that SA’s formal sector created jobs in the final quarter of last year, although much of it was due to seasonality. Source: Latest News
Post Office claims there's no chaos at its International Mail Centre following strike
Fin24 reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) has said the suggestion of chaos at its Johannesburg International Mail Centre (JIMC) was “incorrect and misleading”. Source: Latest News
Mid-morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 24 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, 23 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Disappointment at turnout on Monday of worker supporters at Aurora court case
Terry Bell reports that a small group of “disappointed and demoralised” mineworkers filed away from the high court in Pretoria on Monday at the end of the first day of the R1.5bn case against Aurora Empowerment Systems. Source: Latest News
Cosatu considers strike over potential Eskom power price hike
EWN reports that trade union federation Cosatu on Monday said that if it was not able to convince the National Energy Regulator (Nersa) to stop Eskom from hiking power prices, it would consider taking to the streets in protest. Source: Latest News
Telkom to proceed with staff transfers after union talks fall through
Business Report writes that Telkom has announced that it will go ahead with the automatic transfer of staff from its call centre, supply chain and information technology (IT) environments at the end of the month after talks with its unions fell through. Source: Latest News
Lawyer asks court to treat Khulubuse Zuma ‘differently’ to other Aurora directors
BDLive reports that counsel for Khulubuse Zuma argued on Monday that he should be treated “differently” to other directors of Aurora Empowerment Systems, when the High Court decides whether to declare that Aurora’s directors acted recklessly and fraudulently in their botched 2009 attempt to buy Pamodzi Gold’s East Rand and...
Policeman killed at Johannesburg’s Park Station
A policeman was shot dead while responding to a robbery at Johannesburg’s Park Station on Tuesday morning, a spokesman said. Source: Latest News