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In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday,28 October 2016. Source: Latest News
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Platinum producers severing ties with Gupta mining services company JIC
Bloomberg reports that platinum producers are severing ties with a services firm that accounts for the biggest share of profit at the controversial Gupta family’s investment company. Source: Latest News
‘Zama Zamas’ also a problem for the big gold mining groups
Netwerk24 reports that according to Neal Froneman, CE of Sibanye Gold, illegal miners, or zama zamas as they are known, are a massive problem at SA’s big commercial gold mines. Source: Latest News
SANDF to increase intake of women
eNCA reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) is undergoing voluntary military skills development training to increase its intake of women. Source: Latest News
NUM at odds with its investment arm MIC over sale of Primedia
Business Report reports that the Times Media Group (TMG) has emerged as the frontrunner to buy Primedia from its shareholders for an undisclosed amount. Source: Latest News
Enrolments at TVET colleges plummet
City Press reports that enrolments at the government’s 50 technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges have seemingly plummeted this year. Source: Latest News
NUM members at Sibanye Gold Cooke operations fear for their lives
TimesLive reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is extremely distressed and concerned that the perpetrators responsible for attacks last month on two its members have not yet been brought to book. Source: Latest News
Evraz “re-invents” its assets so as to repay creditors, ex-employees
Business Report writes that Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium, the steel producer which went bust last year, has “reinvented” its assets in a bid to generate revenue to pay its creditors and the 1,800 employees who have been retrenched. Source: Latest News
Speeding suspected in deadly Kempton Park garbage truck accident
Sowetan reports that speeding is suspected in the fatal crash involving a rubbish truck in which two municipal employees died and four others were injured when the vehicle overturned on Saturday. Drunken driving has also been suggested. Source: Latest News
Large part of printing factory in Maitland destroyed, no reported injuries
Netwerk24 writes that employees of Clifton Publications in Maitland, Cape Town, are facing an uncertain future after a large part of the company’s factory was destroyed in a fire on Saturday night. Source: Latest News