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Roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 12 October 2016
In our Wednesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Tuesday, 11 October 2016. Source: Latest News
Cops fire rubber bullets at female Wits workers protesting in their underwear
News24 reports that police fired rubber bullets and used a water cannon on female University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) workers who had stripped to their underwear in a protest on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Following member’s death, NUM to hold mass meeting at Sibanye’s Cooke operations
Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) was due to hold a mass meeting at Sibanye Gold Cooke Operations on Wednesday afternoon. Source: Latest News
Withdrawal of DA metros from Salga is to collapse collective bargaining, says Samwu
BDLive reports that a union believes the DA’s plan to withdraw its membership from the SA Local Government Association (Salga) is a deliberate attempt to collapse collective bargaining in the municipal sector. Source: Latest News
Wits lecturers set up protest observation group
SABC News reports that Head of Anthropology at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Dr Kelly Gillespie, says she and others have set up an observation group to monitor the violence happening on their campus. Source: Latest News
Four held for petrol bombing of Tshwane bus alleged to be ex-employees
Netwerk24 reports that one of the women who was injured last week in a petrol bomb attack on a Pretoria municipal bus was apparently herself one of the attackers. She died in hospital on Tuesday as a result of her injuries. Source: Latest News
Six employees injured after Sharks Board boat capsizes off eManzimtoti
Daily News reports that six Sharks Board employees were rescued after the boat they were using to check on shark nets capsized off eManzimtoti Beach on Monday. Source: Latest News
Public service rules for doing business with state to extend to politicians
TMG Digital reports that the Public Service Commission (PSC) says regulations that will result in government officials being arrested for doing business with the state from February next year are to be extended to politicians. Source: Latest News
Panicked academics 'queuing to quit SA'
TimesLive writes that a brain drain that would hollow out SA’s top tertiary educational institutions could be looming as panicked academics look for jobs overseas. Source: Latest News