News24 reports that speaking on Wednesday in Durban, where the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) hosted its national Workers Day rally, ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa thanked the labour federation for its hand in the formulation of a national minimum wage.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Transnet has decided not to extend the contract of acting CEO Tau Morwe, the state-owned logistics company announced on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba and a number of his mayoral committee members celebrated Workers Day by welcoming 939 security guards into the council’s ranks.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that Craig van Rooyen, a technology operations specialist with previous experience at Telkom and Vodacom, has been appointed as the new acting chief operations officer (COO) at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC).   Source: Latest News

Mining Weekly reports that Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has warned that the SA mining industry must carry out skills development to prepare itself and its employees for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR).   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater insists that 1,800 miners who were reportedly stuck underground were never trapped but only kept in a shaft for safety reasons.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that with a week to go before the country’s 8 May general election, President Cyril Ramaphosa took advantage of Cosatu’s main May Day rally in KwaZulu-Natal to woo voters.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that retrenchments at South32’s Hillside smelter will be avoided as an estimated 400 employees have opted for voluntary separation and early retirement packages.   Source: Latest News

Daily News reports that staff employed by Durban Solid Waste (DSW) overturned bins and strew litter on the streets of Durban as they made their way to the city hall on Tuesday morning.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Sibanye-Stillwater indicated on Wednesday that it had safely returned 1,800 miners to surface at its Thembelani platinum mine after the shaft was closed due to an accident.   Source: Latest News