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Pretoria News reports that the City of Tshwane has come off the back foot to win a battle against the strike action by its workers after the Labour Court on Friday granted it a permanent interdict against the unrest. Source: Latest News
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Fort Hare qualifications probe puts Buffalo City mayor's position at risk
City Press reports that Buffalo City Metro executive mayor Princess Faku will apparently not be among the hundreds of students at the University of Fort Hare (UFH) in Dikeni who will be graduating in early October. Source: Latest News
For a decade, staff at defunct Tshwane power station have reported for work but had nothing to do
TimesLIVE reports that more than 150 employees of the non-operational Rooiwal power station in Tshwane have been reporting to work daily for more than 10 years, earning wages but without work to do. Source: Latest News
National Tourism Careers Expo will offer limitless career opportunities
The Star reports that Deputy Minister of Tourism, Fish Mahlalela, has launched the 13th edition of the National Tourism Careers Expo (NTCE) 2023, which is scheduled to run from 29 September to 1 October at the Johannesburg Expo Centre (Nasrec). Source: Latest News
‘The money just isn’t there’ for salary increases, Tshwane mayor Cilliers Brink insists
TimesLIVE reports that the City of Tshwane refuses to budge on its stance of no salary increases despite the ongoing service delivery disruption by some members of the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu). Source: Latest News
Economists predict another big fuel price hike in October
The Citizen reports that last month saw a substantial increase in fuel costs, with petrol rising by about R1.71 per litre and diesel surging by R2.80 per litre. However, the storm is far from over as experts forecast even more pain at the pump in October. Source: Latest News
SA's ambassador to Japan 'trying to silence' domestic helper who was assaulted by his wife in Tokyo
City Press reports that according to Tandiswa Tokwe, a former domestic helper of Smuts Ngonyama, SA’s ambassador to Japan, the ambassador’s wife tackled her with a broomstick and now the ambassador is trying to silence her. Source: Latest News
Solidarity questions whether possible Kloof 4 layoffs are necessary
Mining Weekly reports that trade union Solidarity has expressed concern about the fate of almost 3,000 Sibanye-Stillwater mineworkers whose jobs are in jeopardy as the mining company considers the future of its Kloof 4 shaft, in Carletonville. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 19 September 2023
In our Tuesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Off-duty Cape Town cop shot dead in Khayelitsha on Sunday in hail of bullets
News24 reports that Western Cape Police are on the hunt for two men who gunned down a 37-year-old off-duty police sergeant from Bellville South on Sunday evening. Source: Latest News