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Policy in pipeline to test health workers annually for TB
Sowetan reports that all doctors and nurses could soon be subjected to annual TB tests as health minister Aaron Motsoaledi ups the ante on the rampant infection. Source: Latest News
EFF in North West ordered to pay 11 months’ pay for unfair dismissal of staffer
SowetanLive reports that the EFF in North West has been ordered to pay a former junior staff member 11 months’ salary totalling R102,300 for unfair dismissal. Source: Latest News
Government planning to establish a hemp industry, says agriculture minister Senzeni Zokwana
BusinessLive reports that according to agriculture, forestry and fisheries minister Senzeni Zokwana, government is looking at ways of establishing a hemp industry to help diversify the agricultural sector and to create jobs. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 10 April 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 10 April 2019. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa vows to improve failing rail commuter service
ANA reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has committed himself to improving the rail transportation sector which has been criticised in recent years for poor and inefficient service. Source: Latest News
Human Rights Commission on fact-finding mission at Sibanye’s strike-hit Driefontein mine
Business Report writes that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) was scheduled on Wednesday to conduct a fact-finding mission at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Driefontein mine in Carletonville amid the four-and-a-half-month wage strike that has claimed nine lives. Source: Latest News
Amcu’s Mathunjwa stokes battle with Neal Froneman with ‘Cecil John Rhodes’ jibe
Miningmx writes that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president, Joseph Mathunjwa, lived up to his billing as “a s**t-stirrer of note” when he launched an all-out attack on Sibanye-Stillwater CEO Neal Froneman on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Numsa strike at ArcelorMittal SA enters fifth week
ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) said on Wednesday that it was forging ahead with a month-long strike at the local subsidiary of multinational steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal. Source: Latest News
KZN reservist shot dead in botched robbery by men dressed as policemen
TimesLIVE reports that a police reservist was shot dead on Monday when he came across a group of armed men in police uniform who were robbing a business in Mariannhill, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Source: Latest News