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The Star reports that Tiso Blackstar intends to close its Sunday World tabloid as revenue plummets and workers continue to strike. Source: Latest News
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Durban Chamber of Commerce launches youth employment programme
Fin24 reports that the Durban Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with the Manchu group and MICT SETA, recently launched a three-month unemployed youth skills and enterprise development programme. Source: Latest News
Steinhoff’s Markus Jooste got millions in unapproved bonuses in months preceding share price crisis
Fin24 reports that Steinhoff’s former Chief Executive Officer Markus Jooste received almost $2.4m (roughly R34m at current exchange rates) of bonuses without required approvals in the months before the global retailer almost collapsed amid an accounting crisis. Source: Latest News
Transition from coal to renewable energy won’t be ‘just’ in absence of inclusive social dialogue, says Vavi
Mining Weekly reports that SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has called for urgent social dialogue on SA’s “inevitable” energy transition from coal to renewable energy. Source: Latest News
Court orders Mhlathuze Water’s striking workers to stop protesting
TimesLIVE reports that the Labour Court has granted water authority Mhlathuze Water an interim interdict preventing its workers from protesting. Source: Latest News
Tiso Blackstar to cut jobs to avoid title closures, internal e-mail reveals
Fin24 reports that the Tiso Blackstar Group will be cutting jobs amid financial troubles, according to an internal email sent out by managing director Andrew Gill. Source: Latest News
Fatality at Harmony Gold’s Bambanani mine
In a statement on Tuesday, Harmony Gold Mining advised that one of its employees had been fatally injured in a mining related accident earlier that day at the Bambanani mine in the Free State. Source: Latest News
eThekwini municipality and trade unions resolve strike impasse
News24 reports that according to eThekwini municipality spokesperson Msawakhe Mayisela, the two-week strike by the metro’s workers which brought the Durban CBD to a standstill last week has been resolved. Source: Latest News
Mines safer in 2018, but noise-induced deafness and silicosis increased
Rapport writes that up to March this year, five mineworkers had died in the country’s mines against 14 in the corresponding period last year. Source: Latest News
Busa calls on business community to allow employees to vote on Wednesday
Engineering News reports that Business Unity SA (Busa) on Monday urged all employers, including its members, to make it possible for employees to exercise their right to vote in the 2019 national election on Wednesday, 8 May. Source: Latest News