BDLive reports that Business Unity SA (Busa) head Khanyisile Kweyama has warned of the dire effects of power cuts and “of even one day of a strike”, thereby joining the American Chamber of Commerce, the International Monetary Fund and rating agencies in expressing concern over the state of the economy.  ...

Fin24 reports that diversified mining group African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) said it could cut jobs and investments after weak metal prices led to a 56% decline in first-half earnings, weakening its shares.   Source: New feed

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the World Wide Web on Monday, 16 March 2015. Source: New feed

In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since mid-morning on Friday, 13 March 2015. Source: New feed

Times Live reports that, four years into implementing National Health Insurance (NHI), the Department of Health has failed to persuade significant numbers of private sector general practitioners (GPs) to work in its facilities, raising doubts about its feasibility.   Source: New feed

Mail & Guardian writes that, while looming wage negotiations in the gold mining sector have provided some evidence of a co-ordinated external threat against the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), insiders believe increasing paranoia in the union is a result of its own structural weaknesses rather than outside...

Times Live reports that police are searching for at least 15 heavily armed gunmen who killed six people, including a toddler, and critically injured four others when they opened fire on a shack and shop in Benoni on the East Rand.  The shooting is believed to be part of a deadly...

Mail & Guardian reports that female firefighters working for the City of Cape Town say they are punished if they fall pregnant as they lose up to a quarter of their salaries because standby allowances are deducted during their pregnancies.   Source: New feed

The Citizen reports that Cosatu secretary general, Zwelinzima Vavi, yesterday told workers to ready themselves for a massive protest march directed at the management of Eskom, whom he accused of bringing immense suffering to the poor through its load-shedding programme that had so far resulted in “huge job losses”.   Source:...

City Press reports that Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says there will be no holy cows in the government’s audit of academic qualifications and, to prove his point, he has decided to start the audit in his own department.   Source: New feed