EWN reports that two more illegal miners have resurfaced from Sheba gold mine in Mpumalanga, bringing the total taken into custody since Friday to over 550. Source: Latest News
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Just Share slams Woolworths’ staff benefits as inadequate amid CEO pay gap concern
BL Premium reports that activist group Just Share has dismissed Woolworths’ new staff healthcare benefits as insufficient, saying the initiative, while important, does not make employee pay fair or reasonable. Source: Latest News
Pan African Resources arrested about 4,000 illegal miners over past year
BL Premium reports that gold producer Pan African Resources (PAR) arrested about 4,000 illegal miners at its underground operations in Mpumalanga over the past year. Source: Latest News
More than 440 Post Office workers fired in past 25 months – mostly for ‘self-enrichment’
News24 reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) has dismissed 442 employees since being placed under business rescue in July 2023. Source: Latest News
Pretoria Girls High deputy principal suspended for standing in for suspended principal when signing gardener’s contract
City Press reports that the deputy head of the Pretoria High School for Girls, Danica Stoffberg, has been suspended without pay for a month because she signed an employment contract for a gardener last year. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 6 August 2025
In our Wednesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Rea Vaya back on track on Tuesday after one-day service halt due to protest action on Monday
SowetanLive reports that Rea Vaya buses operated as normal on Tuesday morning after the company sent messages via social media at around 6am indicating that they would be back on the road. Source: Latest News
Twenty-six alleged illegal miners granted bail in Barberton court
SowetanLive reports that twenty-six out of more than 480 people arrested in a major illegal mining crackdown in Barberton have been granted bail. Source: Latest News
KPMG SA taps insider Joelene Pierce as its new CEO
BL Premium reports that KPMG has picked an insider to take over as CEO of the SA division, betting on institutional memory for the firm that faced an existential reckoning after being engulfed in the state capture scandal. Source: Latest News
GEMS under pressure from unions to contain 2026 premium increase to single digits
BL Premium reports that after this year’s controversial 13.4% hike, unions are pressuring the Government Employees Medical Scheme (GEMS) to keep its 2026 contribution increase to single digits. Source: Latest News




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