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BusinessLive reports the Manpower Group’s annual Talent Shortage Survey indicates that employers are scrambling to hire electricians, carpenters and bricklayers, as well as managers and executives. Source: Latest News
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Taxi drivers block roads in and out of Atteridgeville on Tuesday morning
EWN reports that Tshwane Metro Police (TMPD) reported on Tuesday morning that taxi drivers in Atteridgeville were blocking roads leading into and out of the township, east of Pretoria. Source: Latest News
Marathon talks to end Nehawu strike at UniZulu yet to yield results
BusinessLive reports that marathon talks to end the 10-week-long strike by the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) at the University of Zululand (Unizulu) have so far failed. Source: Latest News
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 17 October 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 17 October 2016 Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on Monday, 17 October 2016
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday, 14 October 2016. Source: Latest News
Bid for equal leave benefits for adoptive, surrogate parents
Business Report writes that proposed new legislation would offer 10 days of parental leave as well as new leave provisions for parents who adopt or have children through surrogates. Source: Latest News
NUM to meet with Gold One on Tuesday to discuss sit-in protestors’ demands
EWN reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it will meet with management of Gold One’s Modder East Operations on Tuesday, to discuss the demands of some of its members who had been staging an underground sit-in. Source: Latest News
Violence as Sadtu disrupts tests in Khayelitsha
GroundUp reports that on Thursday morning a group of learners from the Bulumko and Joe Slovo Senior Secondary Schools in Khayelitsha, and members of the SA Democratic Teachers Union (Sadtu), entered Injongo Primary School to stop the systemic tests which learners were writing. Source: Latest News
Killers sentenced to double life imprisonments for 2011 murders of two cops
ANA reports that three men have each been sentenced in the Mthatha High Court to two life imprisonment terms for the 2011 murders of two Eastern Cape police constables. Source: Latest News
Further delay on submission of social security plan to Nedlac
Business Report writes that the government has missed its deadline to submit its social security plan to the National Economic, Development and Labour Council (Nedlac). Source: Latest News