Independent News reports that a week before the country’s working class celebrates its international labour day, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said that as it was KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN’s) turn to host the main event, major opportunities existed for it to recruit more members in the province.   Source:...

EWN reports that lobby group Unite Behind says that the latest train torching in Cape Town drives home its point that the rail crisis needs to be declared a national disaster.   Source: Latest News

City Press reports that the University of Fort Hare council has issued vice-chancellor and principal Professor Sakhela Buhlungu with a letter of intention to suspend him.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that former Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has lost his third appeal regarding R11m he received from Eskom as part of a R30m pension payout when he left the state-owned entity.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that in 60 days the axe could fall on the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), one of SA’s most militant and disruptive trade unions, after a senior government official gave notice on Wednesday of cancelling its registration.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 24 April 2019. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a sick man and his wife who arrived at Port Elizabeth’s Livingstone Hospital casualty division in the early hours of Thursday morning were received by a man drinking a quart of beer.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) indicated in a statement on Tuesday that it had met with the management of airline operator Comair on Saturday in an attempt to resolve the issue of salary discrepancies.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Far East Rand Hospital in Springs, Gauteng, has laid criminal charges against a nurse who performed an illegal abortion on Friday while off duty.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that while thousands of workers have returned to their posts at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations, production is expected to take a while to pick up.   Source: Latest News