The Citizen reports that Willie the koala bear, whose parents were a gift to Nelson Mandela, has died at the National Zoological Gardens (NZG) in Pretoria in what some people claim is the result of the protracted strike at the sanctuary.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the SA Football Association (SAFA) has hit back at critics who have lambasted the choice of a Turkish clothing manufacturer to sponsor suits for the national soccer team Bafana Bafana.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen writes that there are at least 28 mines in Limpopo’s Sekhukhune district municipality – yet it is one of the most poverty-stricken areas in the country.  Now, the mayor is lobbying for it to be accorded special economic zone (SEZ) status, in an attempt to change things.   Source: Latest...

ANA reports that Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu is urgently arranging security vetting of her staff to allow them to work free of the suspicion hanging over officials in the bankrupt department.   Source: Latest News

GroundUp reports that employees of a Port Elizabeth security company went on a strike on Tuesday demanding that the company recognise their union and also improve their working conditions.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 17 July 2019. Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that the Gautrain Management Agency is planning to spend up to R2 billion to acquire second hand additional rolling stock from the United Kingdom to deal with the capacity constraints on the high-speed train network.   Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that shareholder activist Theo Botha has warned that the continuing public spat between fired Old Mutual CE Peter Moyo and chairperson Trevor Manuel would become a reputational disaster for the life insurance group, irrespective of the outcome in court.   Source: Latest News

Sowetan reports that emotions ran high at the Middelburg government mortuary on Tuesday where the families of eight of the nine people who died in a road crash on Friday arrived to have DNA samples taken for the identification process of the burnt bodies.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that trade union Solidarity has asked the Department of Labour to intervene in stopping the University of SA (Unisa) from implementing proposed promotion criteria, arguing that they are in contravention of the Employment Equity Act (EEA).   Source: Latest News