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Engineering News reports that Congress of South Africa Trade Unions (Cosatu) general secretary Bheki Ntshalintshali has come out in support of government’s prescribed retirement fund assets proposal. Source: Latest News
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Sanco wants government intervention to halt Sibanye-Stillwater’s looming Marikana job cuts
ANA reports that the SA National Civic Organisation (Sanco) in the North West province on Thursday called for government intervention to avert job losses in the mining sector. Source: Latest News
Private security guards, employers turn to mediation in bid to avoid wage strike
Fin24 reports that private security guards and their employers are heading for two days of mediation in October following weeks of deadlocked wage talks. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 26 September 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 26 September 2019. Source: Latest News
SA lost 30,000 construction jobs over the past year
News24Wire reports that new numbers released by Statistics SA show a bloodbath in construction jobs over the past months, while the mining sector is steadily employing more people – for now. Source: Latest News
Small decline in workers’ average take-home wages in August
Business Report writes that the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index (BTPI), released on Wednesday, showed that there was a small decline in the average take-home pay for August on a year-on-year basis. Source: Latest News
Cosatu, Sasbo to lodge urgent appeal after Friday’s banking sector strike interdicted by Labour Court
EWN reports that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and finance union Sasbo on Thursday said they would be appealing the Labour Court ruling interdicting a planned banking sector strike on Friday. Source: Latest News
Union outrage as Sibanye plans to axe more than 5,270 jobs
Business Report writes that Sibanye-Stillwater intends to take advantage of the lapse in December of the six-month moratorium on retrenchments after its merger with Lonmin and axe more than 5,000 workers. Source: Latest News
Another attack on an ambulance crew in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday
ANA reports that the Eastern Cape health department on Wednesday condemned the latest attack on an ambulance crew in Port Elizabeth. Source: Latest News
Department of Employment and Labour materially underspent budget by R196m in 2018-19
The Star reports that despite maintaining its unqualified audit opinion, the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) underspent its budget by R196 million in the 2018-19 financial year. Source: Latest News