Mail & Guardian reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has received 1,073 national minimum wage (NMW) referrals for the first half of this year, thereby pushing its overall caseload to over 100,000 complaints.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) has come under fire from MPs for spending the bulk of its R315 million budget on paying salaries instead of running its operations.   Source: Latest News

Sunday Tribune reports that eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede is expected back at work on Tuesday, but the ANC provincial leadership must still decide on its next step after it forced her to take a 30-day leave of absence.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that in a statement on Friday, the Black Management Forum (BMF) condemned the appointment of Nico Bezuidenhout as CEO of state-owned low-cost airline Mango, which is a subsidiary of SA Airways (SAA).   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Denel wants the SA government to give it a R2.8bn financial boost, a spokesperson for the state-owned arms manufacturer confirmed on Friday.   Source: Latest News

Trade union Solidarity expressed its concern on Friday about the precarious state of health care in the public sector and argued that the implementation of the National Health Insurance (NHI), as confirmed by newly appointed Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize, would only bring “large-scale and far-reaching disaster”.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that trade union federation Cosatu in Gauteng says President Cyril Ramaphosa should call finance minister Tito Mboweni to order after a social media spat with Gauteng premier David Makhura over the scrapping of e-tolls.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has called on police to leave no stone unturned in finding those behind the assassination of Bongani Cola, deputy chairperson of the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of SA (Demawusa).   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has responded to suggestions that it invested in Edcon because of political pressure by saying that it was in the national interest to contribute to the turnaround of the struggling retailer.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 4 July 2019. Source: Latest News