City Press reports that the parliamentary portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy is seeking legal opinion to expropriate Lily Mine in Mpumalanga, where the bodies of three workers have been trapped underground since an entrance to a shaft collapsed in 2016.   Source: Latest News

In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 4 September 2020. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the commemoration of 40 police officers who died in the line of duty took place at venues around the country this weekend, as Covid-19 regulations prevented the traditional send-off held by the South African Police Service (SAPS).   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) believes the human rights of employees of state-owned airline SA Express have been infringed because they have not been paid for work done nor given retrenchment packages.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Eskom has indicated that the country’s load-shedding crisis was being “exacerbated by serious issues of apathetic behaviour” by some top staff and has suspended the managers of the Tutuka and Kendal power stations.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that police used stun grenades and a water cannon to disperse members of the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) who had marched to parliament to deliver a list of demands related to personal protective equipment (PPE) and better wages.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 3 September 2020. Source: Latest News

EWN reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has come under fire from the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), which says that he should be among those held responsible for the crisis at the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).   Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that the multi-billion rand mixed-use Rainbow Junction development north of Pretoria’s central business district is “a shovel-ready project” and will contribute 84,000 jobs to the Gauteng economy as it is built over the next 10 years.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that the National Treasury has, with effect from 1 September, appointed Airports Company SA (Acsa) group executive Badisa Matshego as the accounting authority for the embattled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa).   Source: Latest News