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Reuters reports that Sibanye Gold lost R135 million in revenue in the 12 months to June at its Kroondal platinum mine due to government safety stops, the company indicated on Thursday. Source: Latest News
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South African employers recruit overseas amid ‘immense’ ICT skills crisis
BusinessTech reports that new survey data shows that South Africa faces a growing Information and communications technology (ICT) skills crisis of immense proportions. Source: Latest News
Saldru study cautiously links 2013 minimum wage increase to farm job losses
GroundUp reports that new research by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (Saldru) at UCT suggests that the 2013 increase in the minimum wage for farm workers caused a drop in employment. Source: Latest News
Sapia assures motorists fuel pumps won't run dry due to strike
EWN reports that the South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) has assured motorists that fuel pumps won’t run dry due to a strike among workers in the petroleum producing sector. The strike entered its second day on Friday. Source: Latest News
Fund set up for SABC8 to assist axed ANN7 journalists
ANA reports that a fund set up to assist axed SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) journalists has been extended to help other news reporters, including the nine who were recently dismissed by Gupta-owned television news channel ANN7. Source: Latest News
Pay cuts needed in mining, says Sibanye’s Froneman
Business Report writes that the message from Sibanye Gold boss Neal Froneman to investors on Thursday was that the difficult market conditions in the mining industry would require “bitter medicine”, including cutting salaries. Source: Latest News
Gas leak puts 20 Elandsfontein workers in hospital
Caxton News Service reports that approximately 20 workers were transported to hospital after an industrial accident at a business in Elandsfontein in Johannesburg on Thursday morning. Source: Latest News
Vuyo Mvoko can get his SABC job back 'if he retracts'
Cape Times reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko was told he could have his position back if he retracted everything he had written and said about the public broadcaster. Source: Latest News
Huge loss of jobs in first half of year sets off alarm bells
BDLive writes that SA has lost almost 500,000 jobs in the first six months of 2016, raising the alarm about the blood bath that could follow should the country slide into recession. Source: Latest News
Ceppwawu warns that petrol could run dry at pumps in three days
The Citizen reports that at least 20,000 petroleum sector workers went on strike on Thursday, Clement Chitja, spokesperson for the Chemical Energy Paper Printing Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu), claimed. Source: Latest News