Business Report writes that Shoprite Holdings reported a 14.3% decline in trading profit to R6.9 billion for the year to end June, negatively impacted by the strike in the first half of the year, slow economic growth in SA and currency devaluations in the rest of Africa operations.   Source: Latest...

Sunday Times Business Times writes that the ANC’s economic policy guru has reiterated the party’s desire for the government to raid private and public pension funds to raise money to rescue ailing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and meet its financial obligations.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that on Monday the City of Johannesburg together with the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the Independent Municipal and Allied Trade Union (Imatu) signed what they described as a historic and first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding, aimed at promoting harmonious labour relations and advancing service delivery.   Source: Latest...

TimesLIVE reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) suspended train services at a station in KwaMashu, north of Durban, after protesters hurled stones during a service delivery protest on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that court officials have told of a chaotic Monday at the courts during the first day of a strike by Legal Aid SA lawyers, with cases unheard and postponed.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) was due on Tuesday to head to the Labour Court in a bid to have some 28 irregular appointments declared unlawful and set aside.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) has established a litigation fund with the aim of taking legal action against “gross violations derailing transformation in South Africa”.   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that trade union Solidarity on Tuesday welcomed a high court ruling that state-owned arms manufacturer Denel must fulfil its statutory obligations to pay over the unemployment insurance contributions and taxes deducted from employees’ salaries over several months.   Source: Latest News

Mining Weekly reports that a Harmony Gold employee died in a surface rail locomotive related accident at the Doornkop gold plant on Sunday.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 19 August 2019. Source: Latest News