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EWN reports that Cosatu wants Parliament to halt its interviews of candidates for appointment to the board of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and has also threatened legal action. Source: Latest News
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Gwede Mantashe asks for police help to stop violence in local community at Sibanye mine
Reuters reports that growing unrest at Sibanye-Stillwater’s gold operations has left nine people dead since workers downed tools in November, prompting mineral resources minister Gwede Mantashe to call on the police to step in and protect the local community. Source: Latest News
CEO at Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital concerned about strike, but says everything's under control
EWN reports that Patrick Sofohlo, CEO of Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital in Krugersdorp, on Tuesday said he was concerned about the impact of the ongoing strike at the facility, but denied that it had reached crisis level. Source: Latest News
Sibanye offers return to work proposal to Amcu, but no pay hike beyond what other unions accepted
Miningmx reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has offered the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) a proposal to get its striking members back to work. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 4 March 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 4 March 2019. Source: Latest News
Deloitte finds that Bosasa did not fund SABC 8 media freedom campaign
TimesLIVE reports that a forensic inquiry by Deloitte has found no evidence that any payment was made by Bosasa to the SABC 8 campaign in 2016. Source: Latest News
ANC welcomes deal expected to save thousands of jobs at Edcon
ANA reports that the African National Congress (ANC) on Monday expressed its relief that thousands of direct and indirect jobs had been saved after financially troubled retail group Edcon reached a deal with creditors. Source: Latest News
Mantashe shrugs off Amcu demand to arrest mining bosses after fatalities
Business Report writes that, with fewer employees having died across the country’s mines last year than the year before, Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe has shrugged off calls for the government to arrest mine bosses for fatalities Source: Latest News
Restaurants Association warns of job cuts in wake of national minimum wage
The Citizen reports that the Restaurants Association of SA (Rasa) has warned that implementation of the national minimum wage (NMW) would lead to job cuts and a net loss for the industry if mitigating measures were not put in place. Source: Latest News
Hawks swoop in on owners, security guards at unregistered Sandton security company
News24 reports that a collaborative swoop by the Hawks led to the arrest of 16 people who allegedly rendered security services without the required registration. Source: Latest News