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BusinessLive reports that the Department of Home Affair (DHA) plans to introduce new laws to strengthen its hand in getting its staff to work shifts, a move likely to run into stiff opposition from labour unions. Source: Latest News
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Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit makes seven arrests for various crimes
EWN reports that over the past week the City of Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit has made several arrests while conducting a series of inspections at scrap yards, bucket shops and other hotspots. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 21 January 2019 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 18 January 2019. Source: Latest News
SA in danger of losing its tobacco-growing industry, with 10,000 direct jobs at risk
BusinessLive reports that SA is at risk of losing its tobacco-growing industry following notification by British American Tobacco Southern Africa (Batsa) to the country’s only tobacco processor that it might have to consider buying foreign tobacco should the illicit industry gain further traction. Source: Latest News
SABC job cut process on hold as talks with stakeholders continue
BusinessLive reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), which remains in a dire financial situation, has suspended its staff retrenchment process amid pressure from the government, labour and other stakeholders. Source: Latest News
Aurora’s Khulubuse Zuma sequestrated
Netwerk24 reports that Khulubuse Zuma, ex- director of Aurora Empowerment Systems and nephew of former president Jacob Zuma, was provisionally sequestrated on Wednesday in the Durban High Court. Source: Latest News
Port Elizabeth bookkeeper sentenced to 13 years in prison for defrauding employer of R4m
News24 reports that a 45-year-old woman, who worked as a bookkeeper, has been given 13 years behind bars for defrauding her former employer of R4-million. Source: Latest News
Harmony, Gold Fields selected for 2019 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index
Mining Weekly reports that gold miners Harmony Gold and Gold Fields have been selected for the 2019 Bloomberg Gender Equality Index that distinguishes companies that are committed to transparency in gender reporting and advancing women’s equality. Source: Latest News
Edcon closing in on rescue package, to the relief of its thousands of employees
Business Times reports that Edcon has secured a deal in principle to recapitalise the business, averting the possible sell-off of the retailer’s brands or closure of the country’s largest non-food retailer. Source: Latest News
Tensions between Sibanye-Stillwater and Amcu rise as secondary strike at company’s platinum mines looms
City Press reports that the standoff between Sibanye-Stillwater and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) appears nowhere near to being resolved. Source: Latest News