Mail & Guardian reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu), shaken by factional battles and a multimillion rand financial scandal, faces deregistration because of poor corporate governance and alleged mismanagement of membership fees. Source: Latest News
Sunday Times Business Times reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), as a major shareholder in Old Mutual, has taken a keen interest in the fracas between former CEO Peter Moyo and the company. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that the Members of Parliament (MPs) heard on Tuesday that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) would table a revised remuneration policy at the next Annual General Meeting with the shareholder – Treasury – in November. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that the cash-strapped SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) is gunning for R29m that it accuses the City of Johannesburg of illegally withholding in contravention of the Labour Relations Act. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that EWN reporter Barry Bateman will be able to pay his bills at the end of the month after a “crowdfunding” campaign managed to raise enough money to cover his October salary. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that an explicit video has been loaded on to a well-known pornographic website citing the name of Fiona Viotti, the Bishops Diocesan College water polo coach who resigned last week amid allegations of a sexual affair with an 18-year-old matric pupil. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a Johannesburg metro police department (JMPD) officer died after she was run over on the M1 on Thursday morning. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a Shoprite regional manager who was under investigation after allegedly referring to black employees as lazy k*****s has been found not guilty. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 17 October 2019. Source: Latest News
Engineering News reports that from 31 October, public transport in SA will move one step closer to integrated ticketing with the Gautrain to accept contactless bank cards for payment of its train, parking and bus services. Source: Latest News
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