SABC News reports that the defence team in the Marikana trial of former North West Deputy Police Commissioner William Mpembe and three other senior police officers has successfully argued for the state to reveal details of dockets of the two scenes where 34 mineworkers were shot and killed in August...
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Nehawu stages three-day picket over Necsa’s turnaround plan that would see 400 jobs cut
Business Report writes that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) was due on Wednesday to kick-off three days of mass action at the state-owned Nuclear Energy Company of SA (Necsa). Source: Latest News
Nehawu ends strike at Vaal University of Technology with 7.5% wage increase
ANA reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) announced on Wednesday that it had ended its strike at Vaal University of Technology (VUT). Source: Latest News
Classes suspended at Durban school after teacher gunned down on Tuesday
Independent News reports that classes at Masuku Primary School in Folweni, south of Durban, have been suspended for the rest of the week after a teacher was murdered there on Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News
Executive producer at SABC’s Thobela FM radio station fired for involvement in job-for-sale scandal
SowetanLive reports that a SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) radio station’s executive producer has been dismissed after he was found guilty of being involved in a jobs-for-sale scandal. Source: Latest News
Continental Tyre SA starts process of closing down PE unit and retrenching 170 employees
HeraldLive reports that 170 jobs are on the line at Continental Tyre SA, which is shutting down its underground mining tyres and agricultural tyres production unit in Port Elizabeth and moving production out of SA. Source: Latest News
Tito Mboweni clamps down heavily on mayoral and municipal gravy trains
BL Premium reports that finance minister Tito Mboweni has put an end to business class flights, expensive cars, free booze and year-end parties for mayors and all municipal officials and politicians. Source: Latest News
Soweto taxi ranks and routes to reopen on 18 June after feuding groups sign peace deal
ANA reports that the Gauteng Provincial Government has announced that following the signing of a peace deal between rival taxi associations, it would reopen the taxi ranks and routes in Soweto that were closed in March after violent clashes. Source: Latest News
Numsa and Cabin Crew Association threaten SAA with total shutdown of aviation industry
BusinessLive reports that employees of SA Airways (SAA) who are members of the National Union of Metalworkers SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) picketed outside OR Tambo, King Shaka, Cape Town and East London airports on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 11 June 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 11 June 2019. Source: Latest News




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