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TMG Digital reports that Police Minister Nathi Nhleko has launched a task team that will look into ways of improving various operations of the SA Police Service (SAPS). Source: Latest News
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Families of missing Lily miners left in a hopeless situation
The Star writes about how the families of the three mineworkers who were trapped underground at Lily Mine in February are bearing up. Pretty Nkambule, Yvonne Mnisi and Solomon Nyerende were working in a lamp room container when it fell into an immense sinkhole as a result of a shaft collapse. ...
MTN strike over outsourcing looms as management and CWU meet on Tuesday
Fin24 reports that the outcome of a meeting between the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the management of MTN on Tuesday could decide whether or not strike action commences. Source: Latest News
Gautrain workers threaten to strike over salary increases
EWN reports that Gautrain workers affiliated to the United National Transport Union (Untu) are threatening to strike if their employer, concessionary Bombela, won’t compromise on salary increases. Source: Latest News
Western Cape junior doctors to get relief from 30-hour shifts
Cape Times reports that from next year junior doctors in the Western Cape will no longer be required to work 30-hour shifts in order to be accredited. Source: Latest News
Pietermaritzburg bus driver transporting dozen of passengers shot dead by hijackers
Caxton News Service reports that a bus driver died after he was shot in Pietermaritzburg while transporting about 50 people on Monday night. Source: Latest News
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 15 August 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 15 August 2016 Source: Latest News
Students shut two KZN campuses in protest against 2017 fee hikes
Bloomberg and TMG Digital report that the Mangosuthu University of Technology and the Pietermaritzburg campus of the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were closed on Monday as a result of student protests. Source: Latest News
Telkom granted interdict against illegal activities by CWU and strikers
Business Report writes that Telkom on Monday afternoon secured an urgent interim court order interdicting and restraining CWU and its members from a number of illegal activities associated with the union’s current strike. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on Monday, 15 August 2016
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday, 12 August 2016. Source: Latest News