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ANA reports that despite the harsh conditions, a number of women were determined to participate in the underground strike at Lanxess Chrome Mine in Rustenburg, North West for change. Source: Latest News
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Employee at Harmony’s Kusasalethu mine killed in shaft-related incident on Friday
Mining Weekly reports that an employee was killed in a shaft-related incident at Harmony Gold’s Kusasalethu mine, near Carletonville, on Friday. Source: Latest News
Train derailment on Springs-Daveyton line on Tuesday morning, no injuries reported
TimesLIVE reports that a train derailed at Angelo station on the East Rand at about 4.20am on Tuesday, Metrorail Gauteng confirmed. No injuries were reported. Source: Latest News
Axed Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo accuses Trevor Manuel in court papers of ‘triple conflict of interest’
BL Premium writes that the gloves are off in the battle between Old Mutual and its former CEO Peter Moyo, who has accused the insurer’s chair, former finance minister Trevor Manuel, of being heavily conflicted in overseeing the managed separation of the SA business from its UK operations. Source: Latest...
Nursing union Denosa pulls night shift staff after attack at 24-hour Thokoza clinic
TimesLIVE reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has withdrawn its members from night-shift duty at the Phola Park Clinic in Thokoza in Ekurhhuleni following a security breach at the health facility on Sunday night. Source: Latest News
Religious rights commission offers to help in SANDF hijab disciplinary case
TimesLIVE reports that the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) has offered to mediate in the disciplinary action by the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) against a Muslim member charged with refusing to remove her headscarf. Source: Latest News
Numsa willing to moderate 20% wage-hike demand in the auto sector if other demands are met
BusinessLive reports that according to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), it is willing to revisit its demand for higher wages in the automotive sector, which analysts warn would scare away investors and add to SA’s unemployment crisis. Source: Latest News
Dis-Chem profit margins down and so is executive pay
Business Report writes that Dis-Chem Pharmacies has paid its chief executive Ivan Saltzman a total remuneration package of R12.84-million for the year to end-February – a decline of 21.87% compared with the R16.43m in 2018. Source: Latest News
Foskor’s R350m Esop scheme collapses
City Press reports that a BEE share ownership plan (Esop) at Foskor, which was valued at more than R350 million, has crashed, leaving the dreams of more than 1,800 employees in tatters. Source: Latest News
Cash-strapped Denel’s R1.5 million ‘sign-on’ bonus for CEO irks workers
City Press reports that employees at state-owned enterprise Denel are unhappy with the R1.5 million “sign-on” bonus paid to CEO Danie du Toit. He joined Denel on 14 January and the cash-strapped arms manufacturer paid the money to him as an incentive. Source: Latest News