BL Premium reports that Investec became the first local banking group to propose job cuts after announcing on Tuesday it would be shedding 210 jobs in its UK banking operation as part of efforts to streamline and simplify the group.   Source: Latest News

We apologise for the break in labour news postings since Monday.  This was due to a system problem that proved to be difficult to detect and resolve.  But, we are up and running as usual again. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that as the nationwide Clicks shutdown by the EFF drew to a close last week, another picket was held on Friday, this time outside a BMW dealership in Cape Town.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that according to the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa), if nurses’ salaries do not increase and if their working conditions do not drastically improve, SA’s healthcare system will fail.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the families of three miners whose bodies were never recovered after they were trapped underground at the Lily Gold Mine in Mpumalanga are hoping that a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against the government and mine management will help bring them closure.   Source: Latest News

Mining Weekly reports that an employee of Harmony Gold Mining’s Doornkop mine has died of his injuries following an underground drilling-related incident on 10 September.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) president John Dlamini died on Thursday morning after a short illness.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that BHP is to link a portion of bonus payments for CEO Mike Henry and key leaders to progress by the world’s top miner on lowering greenhouse gas emissions at both its own operations and those of its customers.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that Jabu Mashamaite, deputy manager of corporate services at the Mogalakwena local municipality in Limpopo, has been accused of misrepresenting his qualifications when he was appointed some four years ago.    Source: Latest News

Miningmx reports that two years ago Neal Froneman thought Sibanye-Stillwater might be in financial trouble following a series of fatal accidents in his company’s gold mines.   Source: Latest News