Moneyweb reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), which is responsible for dispute resolution between employees and employers, received over 6,000 referrals related to wage disputes in the first four months of 2019.   Source: Latest News

In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 3 May 2019. Source: Latest News

SowetanLive reports that bus drivers have scored a big victory with the Essential Service Committee (ESC) ruling that public transport in general cannot be classified as an essential service.   Source: Latest News

City Press Business reports that the efforts of eight former Exxaro Arnot Colliery employees who were laid off in 2015 have paid off as their former employer has made them co-owners of the mine.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) said on Sunday that reports in the media suggesting that a reservoir in the Montclair area just outside Durban had been “bombed” were not only false, but also very irresponsible.   Source: Latest News

GroundUp reports that dozens of paramedics and community health workers marched on Thursday to the Western Cape Department of Health in Cape Town to protest against what they claimed were long hours and dangerous working conditions.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has fired its CEO and CFO after a disciplinary hearing found they were guilty of misconduct relating to tenders worth an estimated R200m.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that the relationship between trade union allies Zwelinzima Vavi and Irvin Jim appears to have soured following the decision by Jim and leaders of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) to form a party to contest next week’s elections.   Source: Latest News

City Press reports that the ongoing business rescue at Optimum Coal has finally claimed its first victims, with more than 400 workers at the mine having been served with retrenchment letters on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that underground operations resumed at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Thembelani shaft in Rustenburg on Friday after it was certified safe for normal hoisting operations.   Source: Latest News