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Sunday Independent reports that violent attacks on teachers seem to be on the increase in SA as yet another teacher was attacked by a Grade 11 pupil and her parents at Setjhaba se Maketse Combined School in Botshabelo on Friday. Source: Latest News
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More legal challenges as opposition to state of disaster mounts
BL Premium reports that as President Cyril Ramaphosa prepares to deliver his state of the nation address (Sona) on Thursday, the National Liquor Traders Council (NLT) has told him it expects him to consider scrapping the national state of disaster. Source: Latest News
SA’s employment and labour department urges Rio Tinto workers to report cases of discrimination and bullying
Reuters reports that SA’s Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) on Thursday urged Rio Tinto workers to report instances of discrimination after the Anglo-Australian miner released an internal report detailing sexual assault, racism, and bullying across its mines. Source: Latest News
Axed Prasa CEO Matthews' Labour Court case withdrawn, referred to CCMA
Fin24 reports that according to the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), axed CEO Zolani Matthews’ Labour Court case against the entity has been withdrawn and referred to the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Source: Latest News
Four North West cops arrested on some 300 counts of fraud involving use of state petrol cards
News24 reports that four police officers in North West have been arrested in connection some 300 counts of alleged fraud. Source: Latest News
Urgent application by Solidarity to stop mandatory Covid-19 jabs at Pretoria firm struck off Labour Court roll
BusinessLive reports that an urgent application by trade union Solidarity challenging a Pretoria-based company’s policy on mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations was struck off the Johannesburg Labour Court roll on Thursday. Source: Latest News
ANC finally pays its employees in full after being slapped by Nehawu with a court application
News24 reports that ANC treasurer-general Paul Mashatile confirmed on Thursday that the party had finally paid all outstanding staff salaries in full. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 3 February 2022
In our Thursday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
The 1,000-night vigil outside Lily gold mine for three buried mineworkers continues indefinitely
Moneyweb writes that it has been nearly three years since the families of Solomon Nyirenda, Yvonne Mnisi and Pretty Nkambule set up camp outside the gates of Lily gold mine in Mpumalanga. Source: Latest News
Eighty-seven illegal miners arrested in October following shootout with police in Orkney were in SA illegally
News24 reports that it has been revealed in court that the 87 suspected illegal miners who were arrested in Orkney, in the North West, in October last year following a shootout with law enforcement officers were foreign nationals who were in SA illegally. Source: Latest News