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Netwerk24 reports that if the Lily Gold Mine should cut its overhead costs then reportedly an investor would be willing to take over the mine owned by Vantage Goldfields and currently under business rescue. Source: Latest News
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Three workers rescued from under heavy concrete in Elandsfontein
Caxton News Service that Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services on Sunday rescued three contract workers who were trapped under heavy concrete slabs in Serenade Street, Elandsfontein, Gauteng. Source: Latest News
Return to base, SANDF tells soldiers suspended for 2009 Union Building protest march
The Citizen reports that SA National Defence Force (SANDF) chief General Solly Shoke has recalled the 507 soldiers still on special leave after marching on the Union Buildings in 2009 over pay issues. Source: Latest News
South Africans are some of the world’s hardest workers by hours worked
BusinessTech reports that statistics from the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) shows the total number of hours worked annually from the countries it covers. Source: Latest News
Lectures set to resume at VUT on Wednesday
ANA reports that teaching is expected to restart at the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) after violent student protests saw lecture venues and administration buildings torched. Source: Latest News
After 20-year moratorium, Eastern Cape advertises 1,023 school admin assistant posts
HeraldLive reports that after a 20-year moratorium on the appointment of nonteaching staff at schools, the Eastern Cape Department of Education has advertised 1,023 administrative assistant posts for schools in its 23 districts. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 24 May 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 24 May 2016 Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 24 May 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Monday, 23 May 2016. Source: Latest News
S&P downgrade will tip SA into job-shedding recession, says economist
Mining Weekly reports that Standard Bank chief economist Goolam Ballim warned on Monday that a negative assessment by Standard & Poor’s (S&P’s) on 3 June would most probably trigger a recession and precipitate the shedding of around 200,000 more jobs. Source: Latest News
Senior health department official fired for lying about experience and qualifications
TMG Digital reports that a chief director in the Department of Health, who lied about her qualifications and experience, has been fired. Source: Latest News