BusinessLive reports that the appeal brought by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) against the Competition Tribunal’s conditional approval of Sibanye-Stillwater’s takeover of Lonmin has been set down for 2 April. Source: Latest News
Business Times reports that hospital group Netcare plans to retrench over 500 employees as it seeks to cut costs following a failed offshore expansion and amid a tough economic environment in SA. Source: Latest News
Daily News reports that three senior eThekwini municipality staff members were arrested and released on bail on Thursday in connection with the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) recruitment process. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) embarked last week on a one-day secondary strike at Sibanye-Stillwater’s platinum operations in Rustenburg. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that a 31-year-old man suspected of killing a policeman was arrested in Limpopo on Friday night. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the chief executive of Mhlathuze Water, Sibusiso Makhanya, has been axed three years after he was suspended. Source: Latest News
Moneyweb reports that the rescue of listed group Basil Read’s construction business has run into “significant challenges”, including the withdrawal of R40 million in post-commencement financing, lower than expected revenue, and slow progress in the sale of non-core assets. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 24 January 2019. Source: Latest News
The Star reports that Solidarity has claimed victory in the case of the Laerskool Schweizer-Reneke teacher who had been suspended following an uproar over a picture purporting to show pupils racially segregated in a Grade R class. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a memo circulated to staff at African Global Operations (AGO), formerly known as Bosasa, was apparently not intended to stop them speaking to the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture. Source: Latest News
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