Independent on Saturday reports that petrol stations around the country have started running dry as a result of the petroleum sector strike.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Friday, 29 July 2016 Source: Latest News

ANA reports that a Pikitup employee was gunned down in Johannesburg on Friday and another one critically injured after SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) members clashed with union officials’ bodyguards.   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that pharmaceutical workers launched an indefinite wage strike on Friday, potentially affecting production and distribution depots, a union official said.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has announced that its members at Eskom will go on a strike from 8 August 2016.   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, 28 July 2016. Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that the Labour Department has stipulated new minimum wage levels for the taxi industry, which will see salaries increasing by an average of 6% as of 1 August 2016.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports on a wage agreement reached between the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and labour unions, following months of negotiation.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that ArcelorMittal SA (AMSA) and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) are considering options that may lead to the reopening of Evraz Highveld Steel and Vanadium heavy-section steel mill after it was shuttered when the business was wound down.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency SA (Prasa) says it cannot fight increasing violent crime at train stations on its own.   Source: Latest News