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News24 reports that the deputy principal of a Cape Town school accused of molesting several Grade 7 pupils has handed in his resignation after being informed on Friday that disciplinary action would be taken against him. Source: Latest News
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Proposal for women-only train carriages on Metrorail in Cape Town abandoned
GroundUp reports that a year after the chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) promised to set aside women-and-children-only train carriages on Cape Town’s Metrorail, the project appears to have been abandoned. Source: Latest News
Clover slashes expected job losses by nearly half ahead of planned takeover by Milco
Fin24 reports that dairy group Clover has confirmed to the Competition Tribunal that it was planning to cut 277 jobs ahead of a R4.8bn takeover deal. Source: Latest News
City of Johannesburg suspends 231 firefighters, comprising over 17% of the workforce
EWN reported on Friday morning that more than 230 Johannesburg firefighters have been suspended, putting further strain on already overstretched resources. Source: Latest News
Public row between Old Mutual and axed CEO Peter Moyo claims its first board member
BL Premium reports that on Thursday the public fight between the Old Mutual board and axed CEO Peter Moyo claimed its first casualty, Pinky Moholi. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 19 September 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 19 September 2019. Source: Latest News
Ending of process of deregistration of Amcu not due to threats, says registrar
BusinessLive reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s (Amcu’s) elective congress heard on Thursday that threats of a total shutdown of SA’s mining industry and other sectors could have pushed the labour registrar to ditch his plans to deregister the union. Source: Latest News
Hundreds of striking Transpharm workers march to Health Department
Pretoria News reports that four hundred Transpharm workers have marched to the National Department of Health to demand it should intervene in deadlocked wage negotiations. Source: Latest News
Cape Town firefighters could be in breach of contract over possible go-slow
EWN reports that Cape Town firefighters who embark on a go-slow over a pay dispute could be in breach of contract, the City of Cape Town has indicated in response to threats by municipal workers. Source: Latest News
With top posts uncontested at conference, Mathunjwa and allies to retain grip on Amcu
Sowetan reports that Joseph Mathunjwa is set to retain his position as president of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu). Source: Latest News