EWN reports that the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu) says that, while all its members should be back at work on Monday following a strike in the petroleum sector, it has asked employers for time to contact workers who are not in immediate reach. Source:...
HeraldLive reports that with a new multi-party government in Nelson Mandela Bay, the contracts of hundreds of support staff who worked as political advisers, ward assistants and cleaners will terminate at the end of this month. Source: Latest News
IOL News reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko has applied for leave to appeal against the dismissal of his earlier court action to have his contract enforced. Source: Latest News
TMG Digital reports that telecoms company Telkom said on Sunday that the “spike in sabotage” that affected about 13,200 of its customers was related to “industrial action” by the Communication Workers Union (CWU). Source: Latest News
Times Live reports that new mothers and heavily pregnant women on maternity leave are queuing for months and sometimes nearly a year after giving birth for financial assistance from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that the Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems) could be insolvent by financial year-end if drastic cost-containment measures are not instituted. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Friday, 19 August to Sunday, 21 August 2016 Source: Latest News
TMG Digital reports that a man in his 60s was electrocuted on Friday when the industrial vehicle he was travelling in touched power lines in the Western Cape. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that the death toll in a bus accident in the Golden Gate Highlands National Park in the Free State involving SA National Defence Force (SANDF) personnel on Friday has climbed to 11. Source: Latest News
In our Friday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Thursday, 18 August 2016. Source: Latest News
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