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In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Thursday, 13 October 2016. Source: Latest News
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Labour Deputy Minister: Too many whites rule at work
Cape Times reports that Deputy Labour Minister Phathekile Holomisa told Cape Town business and government officials during a dialogue on equity transformation on Thursday that transformation at the workplace was happening at a painfully slow pace. Source: Latest News
Free State cops search for relatives of dead zama zama
ANA reports that Free State police are urging relatives of an illegal miner (zama zama), found dead at the Eland mine shaft in Welkom, to come forward and claim the body. Source: Latest News
Nehawu protests against Northern Cape health department ‘disruptive’
The New Age reports that ongoing protests by the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) are beginning to disrupt the services of the Northern Cape health department. This is according to the provincial MEC Lebogang Motlhaping. Source: Latest News
Security guard killed at high school near Tzaneen
The Citizen reports that a 62-year-old security guard has been killed and R30,000 worth of groceries stolen at Modubatse High School in Limpopo. Source: Latest News
Tensions between NUM and Sibanye at Cooke operations rise
The New Age writes that tensions between organised labour and Sibanye Gold management are on a knife edge at the gold producer’s Cooke operations in Westonaria. Source: Latest News
Microsoft SA named ‘Top Employer’
Business Report writes that the Top Employers Institute has awarded Microsoft SA its Top Employer South Africa 2017 certification. Source: Latest News
Nursing union Denosa welcomes sugar tax and dismisses warning of job losses
The New Age reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has become the latest organisation to throw its weight behind the proposed sugar tax. Source: Latest News
200 Gauteng traffic cops idle at home on full pay due to patrol car shortage
TMG Digital reports that two hundred officers from the Gauteng traffic police unit are unable to work due to a vehicle shortage caused by budget cuts that is preventing them from getting on the road. Source: Latest News
Worker killed during demolition of building in Durban CBD
ANA reports that a man, believed to be in his 40s, was killed Thursday morning after part of a building collapsed on him on Audley Road in Durban’s CBD. Source: Latest News