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Fin24 reports that Gold Fields is to cautiously resume operations at its South Deep mine on Thursday after the National Union of Mineworkers’ (NUM) head office called off a strike of nearly six weeks against retrenchments. Source: Latest News
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Comair says Numsa can’t strike at BA, Kulula before CCMA hears dispute in January
ANA reports that Comair Limited said on Wednesday a strike planned by ground staff affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) could not go ahead legally as the CCMA was unable to hear the dispute between the parties until January 2019. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 12 December 2018
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 12 December 2018. Source: Latest News
Numsa counters with charge of ‘psychological violence’ after plastics industry fingers union for strike violence
BusinessLive reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has turned the tables on employers in the strike-hit plastics sector, claiming they were responsible for “psychological violence” inflicted on workers. Source: Latest News
SAPS investigating MyCiTi bus attacks separately
EWN reports that police have said that each MyCiTi bus attack is being investigated as a separate incident and that no link has been determined. Source: Latest News
Sacked Limpopo mayors implicated in VBS scandal to be charged
SowetanLive reports that Limpopo ANC deputy chairperson Florence Radzilani jumped before she could be pushed by resigning as the mayor of the Vhembe district on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Right to strike being weakened by unions through protracted strikes marked by unfettered violence and intimidation
BL PREMIUM writes that while SA trade unions have been crying foul over the workers’ right to strike being attacked by the bosses, they might have done a better job at undermining this fundamental constitutional right on their own. Source: Latest News
People are the critical factor for mining, Mantashe stresses
Mining Weekly reports that Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe stressed on Wednesday that the key factor in the future of SA mining was the human element. Source: Latest News
Five Sassa officials in KZN sentenced to jail time for social grant fraud of R750,000
TimesLive reports that the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) in KwaZulu-Natal has welcomed the sentencing of five of its officials to a total of 37 years behind bars for processing fraudulent social grants amounting to R750,000. Source: Latest News
With unions under pressure to deliver, is the violent plastics strike a portend of strikes going forward?
Ciaran Ryan writes that the plastic converters industry strike by 33 000 workers, now in its ninth week, is turning out to be one of the most violent in years. Source: Latest News