The Sunday Independent reports that Parliament warned this past week that a strike at Eskom could plunge SA into crisis and has urged all parties to reach an agreement on who qualifies as an essential service worker when they meet on Tuesday and Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

Sunday Independent reports that Walter Theledi, general secretary of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu), faces the prospect of arrest on Monday if he fails to appear before the Hawks for questioning over the disappearance of some R7 million from his union’s coffers.   Source: Latest News

Saturday Star reports that the strike by SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) members at the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has degenerated into violence, with the JRA on Friday accusing strikers of intimidating and attacking those who were not striking and damaging road infrastructure.   Source: Latest News

A methane explosion at a mine shaft near Welkom caused chaos in the Free State city on Saturday evening.  The blast apparently happened at about 17:30 at Harmony Gold’s Brand One Ventilation shaft.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that pressure is mounting on Cosatu to act decisively against its embattled general secretary, Zwelinzima Vavi, who has been addressing rebel union meetings over the past few days.   Source: Latest News

A police officer was shot and killed in Mooiplaats, Pretoria, on Friday, Gauteng police said.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 writes that feelings of desperation, frustration and anger sum up the sentiments of customers towards the SA Post Office (Sapo) over international mail that seems to be stuck in customs limbo.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has once again raised its frustrations around job security with Telkom.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Friday, 20 March 2015. Source: Latest News

Netwerk24 writes that a wage strike at gold mines looks unavoidable because of the rivalry between the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu).   Source: Latest News