The Citizen writes that while SA’s unemployment rate of 27.1% in the fourth quarter of 2018 reflected a figure of 6.14 million jobless people, lack of skilled artisans has been singled out by experts as a major barrier to job creation and economic growth. Source: Latest News
Bloomberg reports that South African women have benefited more than men from changes in the labour market and education opportunities since the end of apartheid. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that as SA’s growth outlook threatens to stutter once again in 2019, business has called labour to task for its alleged role in holding the economy back. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that frustrated waste-collectors were scheduled to march against Pikitup and the City of Johannesburg on Thursday to demand clarity on their futures. Source: Latest News
Daily News reports that municipal workers in several key functions shut down parts of the Durban city centre on Thursday as their anger over salary hikes given to Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) veterans showed no signs of abating. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) indicated on Tuesday that it was positive after its meeting with the registrar of labour relations where they “made it clear” that they were in “total compliance” with the union’s constitution. Source: Latest News
In our morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared since Tuesday, 30 April 2019. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that speaking at a May Day rally held in Mbombela on Wednesday, Deputy President David Mabuza said the ANC believed the national minimum wage (NMW) was not a living wage but a significant milestone towards it. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) president Zingiswa Losi has appealed to the government to revoke licenses of mining companies that are not safety compliant. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe on Wednesday officially handed over a 50% shareholding held by mining company Exxaro in the Arnot coal mine, in Middleburg, Mpumalanga, to former Arnot Coal employees. Source: Latest News
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