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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 28 July 2016 Source: Latest News
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As Ceppwawu strike commences, Shell SA calms fuel shortage fears
EWN reports that Shell South Africa says that it has put contingency plans in place after thousands of workers in the petroleum manufacturing sector downed tools. Source: Latest News
Vuyo Mvoko’s case against SABC postponed due to lack of urgency
The Star reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news anchor and contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko will have to wait until Tuesday for his case to be heard in the High Court in Johannesburg. Source: Latest News
Second quarter of 2016 saw SA shedding 129,000 jobs
The second quarter of 2016 saw a decline in jobs of 129,000 compared to the previous quarter, according to the latest quarterly labour force survey released by Statistics SA on Thursday. Source: Latest News
‘Draft Mining Charter Three not an effective tool to achieve mining industry transformation’
Mining Weekly reports that Deepa Vallabh of law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr is of the view that the draft reviewed Mining Charter Three is not an effective tool to achieve the transformation of the mining industry. Source: Latest News
At eleventh hour Zuma gives Marikana a wide berth
Cape Times reports that President Jacob Zuma has yet again at the eleventh hour skipped the site where mineworkers were gunned down by police in Marikana in North West in 2012. Source: Latest News
Executive bonuses at Investec snag on UK rules capping variable pay
BDLive reports that Investec appears to have blithely ignored UK rules capping variable pay for banking executives, paying CEO Stephen Koseff bonuses more than quadruple his salary for the year to March. Source: Latest News
Fuel shortages loom as Ceppwawu strike brings SA’s biggest refinery to a halt
BDLive reports that operations at SA’s largest refinery, the Sapref refinery in Durban, stopped on Thursday as a strike over wages commenced. The refinery is a joint venture between Shell and BP. Source: Latest News
Cosatu’s Tony Ehrenreich charged with crimen injuria by Cape Town council
Netwerk24 reports that a charge of crimen injuria has been brought against Tony Ehrenreich, provincial secretary of labour federation Cosatu, after he alleged that the Cape Town city council discriminated against traffic official on the grounds of race. Source: Latest News
Vuyo Mvoko case against SABC to be pursued in court after failed talks
IOL News reports that veteran SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news anchor and contributing editor Vuyo Mvoko’s case looks set to proceed in the Johannesburg High Court after the disputing parties failed to reach a settlement on Thursday morning. Source: Latest News