EWN writes that, as the date for the Farlam Commission of Inquiry’s final recommendations into the Marikana shooting approaches, the Right to Know Campaign (R2K) has embarked on a protest, demanding the full report into the massacre. Source: Latest News
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Public sector wage talks to resume on Monday amid rising tension
BDLive reports that public sector wage talks start again on Monday after they were put on hold following the death of public service and administration minister Collins Chabane the Sunday on 15 March. Source: Latest News
‘We need to talk’, Zuma tells tripartite alliance partners
Times Live reports that President Jacob Zuma has called for discussions about the weakening of the ANC-led alliance with the SA Communist Party (SACP) and union federation Cosatu. Source: Latest News
Human rights guide for businesses released by SAHRC
The New Age reports that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC), together with the Danish Institute for Human Rights, has published a Business and Human Rights Country Guide for South Africa. Source: Latest News
Probe into explosion at Harmony shaft in Welkom under way
eNCA reports that an investigation is under way into a mine shaft explosion that rocked the Free State city of Welkom on Saturday. Source: Latest News
Cosatu to oppose Eskom latest price hike application
BDLive reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) will oppose Eskom’s application to raise electricity tariffs 25.3% from 1 July, which represents double the increase that was expected this year. Source: Latest News
Web links to labour articles posted on Saturday, 21 and Sunday, 22 March 2015
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Saturday, 21 and Sunday, 22 March 2015. Source: Latest News
Axed Generations actors’ last-ditch court bid against new show
City Press reports that fourteen of the 16 Generations actors fired from the popular SABC television soap opera after a labour dispute last year have made their final court bid to get the new series taken off air. Source: Latest News
Sasol cuts more than 1,000 jobs to survive lower oil prices
City Press reports that Sasol’s survivalist programme, sparked by “lower for longer” oil prices, has seen it cut more than a thousand jobs and also delay a mega gas-to-liquids refinery in Louisiana, US. Source: Latest News
PSA threatens strike at Home Affairs over Saturday work hours
EWN reports that, as the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) prepares to implement extended operating hours to the public from Monday, its employees are threatening to down tools. Source: Latest News




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