Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 13 June 2016 Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has secured a “closed shop” agreement at platinum producer Royal Bafokeng Platinum (RBPlat), it said on Monday.   Source: Latest News

TMG Digital reports that South African fire fighters who embarked on a strike over wages in Canada will return home on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday, 10 June 2016. Source: Latest News

City Press reports that gold mining companies have lodged appeals against last month’s certification of a potentially enormous class action by former mine workers with silicosis and TB.   Source: Latest News

TMG Digital reports that only 48.8% of high school students surveyed this year believe that South Africa would be a great place to have a successful career‚ compared to 74% who held this positive sentiment in 2012.   Source: Latest News

Gideon du Plessis, general secretary of Solidarity, assesses the Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR’s) proposed new Mining Charter, concluding that radically fast-tracked transformation has now taken precedence over all else.   Source: Latest News

eNCA reports that protestors who marched on the Lily Mine in Mpumalanga on Sunday issued an ultimatum to the management over the recovery of three trapped mine workers.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that a policeman was shot dead and his colleague wounded when they responded to a suspected attempt at an ATM bombing on Monday morning at the Delft Main Road petrol station.   Source: Latest News

eNCA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) says it fully supports the strike over pay by South African firefighters in Canada.   Source: Latest News