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Mail & Guardian writes that about 60,000 jobs could be lost in the coal sector if SA takes its goal of cutting down on carbon emissions seriously. Source: Latest News
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Comair’s talks with Numsa on Saturday deadlocked again
ANA reports that airline Comair indicated over the weekend that its operations were set to continue after talks with the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) again deadlocked on Saturday. Source: Latest News
Amplats CEO Chris Griffith “not losing sleep” over wage talks, thinks Amcu is facing existential questions
Miningmx writes that Neal Froneman, CEO of Sibanye-Stillwater, might be hoping that a peace pact that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) signed ahead of the return to work of its members at the firm’s gold mines – where a five-month strike was recently ended – will be...
How Amcu’s Joseph Mathunjwa ‘won’ a lost war over wages
City Press reports that despite settling on similar terms to rival unions at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold mines, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union’s (Amcu’s) Joseph Mathunjwa has insisted that their protracted wage strike was more about combating legacy than counting costs. Source: Latest News
Kopanong municipality accused of pension theft for failing to pay over R58m to fund
Sowetan reports that the Free State’s Kopanong local municipality has failed to pay an estimated R58m in pension fund contributions collected from municipal workers over the past six years to the workers’ pension fund. Source: Latest News
KZN surgeon remains in limbo, despite reinstatement after suspension
Sunday Tribune reports that ten months after he was fired from his job, Ngwelezana Hospital’s head of surgery returned to work last week, but there was no place for him. Source: Latest News
Train coaches worth R33m destroyed on Sunday in Cape Town station blaze
TimesLIVE reports that two train sets that were burnt to ashes at Cape Town station on Sunday were worth an estimated R33m. Source: Latest News
Former staff of Khanyi Dhlomo’s Ndalo Media shocked that deductions not paid over to pension fund
SowetanLive reports that more than 70 employees were retrenched in January at Ndalo Media when owner Khanyi Dhlomo decided to shut down the publisher that housed magazines such as Destiny, Destiny Man and Elle. Source: Latest News
Durban cop killed while checking up on parked car with flicking hazards
News24 reports that a Durban police constable was shot dead on Sunday afternoon while approaching a parked vehicle with its hazard lights on. Source: Latest News
Electioneering in KZN, Ramaphosa promises to ‘light a torch’ under indolent public servants
BusinessLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday promised to come down hard on government officials who were failing to provide services to communities. Source: Latest News