BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa and minerals & energy minister Gwede Mantashe should directly intervene and defuse ongoing tensions and violence at the beleaguered Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) mine. Source: Latest News
Business Insider SA reports that the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) is looking for a thousand new recruits to join its ranks in the navy, army or air force. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that the Nuclear Energy Corporation of SA (Necsa) acknowledged on Monday that its ability to pay salaries to employees at the end of January was at doubt. Source: Latest News
Traveller24 reports that with Treasury struggling to raise the necessary funds to keep South African Airways (SAA) aloft, travellers were being advised on Tuesday that as many as 19 SAA flights have been removed from the Airline Global Distribution Systems. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 20 January 2020. Source: Latest News
Reuters reports that South African Airways (SAA) said on Monday that its flights to all destinations were operating normally, after talks over the weekend on a bailout plan for the state carrier ended with no solution. Source: Latest News
In a letter to the editor of Business Day, Michael Bagraim, MP and Democratic Alliance (DA) deputy shadow employment and labour minister, writes that whenever we read about our most educated citizens leaving the country we lament that the flight of skills will leave the country worse off. Source: Latest...
News24 reports that SA National Parks (SANParks) has denied that it fired an employee for alleging that mismanagement of a dam in the Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) had led drownings. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that families and colleagues of police officers who died after a drunk driver rammed into a roadblock are not satisfied with the sentencing handed down at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Monday. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has failed at the first hurdle to find conciliation between the EFF and its former employee Frans James. Source: Latest News
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