Mining Weekly reports that Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) president Joseph Mathunjwa on Wednesday called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to intervene in the protracted strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations.   Source: Latest News

Sowetan reports that “How much do you want to go away?” was a question that retired Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judge Zak Yacoob repeatedly asked the axed director of the KZN Blind and Deaf Society to persuade her to drop a CCMA case.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that former director-general (DG) of the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR), Dr Thibedi Ramontja, told the commission of inquiry into state capture on Thursday that one of the advisors of former minister of mineral resources Mosebenzi Zwane instructed him to tender his resignation within 20 minutes.   Source:...

News24 reports that Democratic Alliance (DA) Eastern Cape leader Athol Trollip has been awarded R250,000 in a defamation case against an old friend who turned on him and posted on Facebook that he had been inhumane to his former farmworkers.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that thousands Soweto taxi commuters will have to find alternative transport for the next three months, starting on Friday morning, because routes will be shut down amid deadly feuds between associations.   Source: Latest News

Hilton Tarrant writes that three of SA’s five largest banks have been quietly cutting staff, particularly in retail units, to drive down stubbornly high cost-to-income ratios.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the South African Policing Union (Sapu) made an about turn and halted Thursday’s planned strike pending a meeting with Police Minister Bheki Cele.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that workers are gearing up to bring media house Tiso Blackstar to a standstill on Thursday if the company does not pay its black journalists their bonuses and salary increases.   Source: Latest News

Mining Weekly reports that steel producer ArcelorMittal SA (AMSA) says it has contingency plans at its various plants to minimise the potential impact on production of a National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) strike.   Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that after three years in business rescue, Vantage Goldfields is headed for liquidation unless a buyer emerges in the next few days.   Source: Latest News