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BDLive reports that Johannesburg waste removal entity Pikitup on Thursday said the past few weeks have been hassle free and it has recovered from the tumultuous wage strike that brought its service to a halt. Source: Latest News
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Chaos at Vaal University of Technology as students and police battle
BDLive reports that the Vaal University of Technology’s (VUT’s) Vanderbijlpark campus has descended into chaos, with students and police officers clashing. Source: Latest News
Indian dock-workers in Cape Town must be sent back to India, says Cosatu
BDLive reports that Cosatu in the Western Cape has called for Indian workers employed in the docks of Cape Town to be “sent out of SA” as South Africans can do the jobs. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 12 May 2016
In our Thursday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Wednesday, 11 May 2016. Source: Latest News
Aurora directors run out of appeals and must now cough up R1.7bn for workers and damages
Business Report writes that the end of the road has arrived for the former directors of the now defunct Aurora mining company as the Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled against them. Source: Latest News
NUM on the sidelines in the upcoming platinum wage negotiations
Financial Mail writes that, mindful of the depressed economic environment, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) will take a far less militant approach than before to the upcoming wage negotiations in the platinum industry. Source: Latest News
More unions set to follow Solidarity in challenging new GEPF pension payout formula
BDLive reports that public sector trade unions are gearing up to challenge in court a decision by the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to amend the formulae used to determine payments to members who retire or resign early. Source: Latest News
How Amcu’s Joseph Mathunjwa became the most feared man in SA mining
Financial Mail writes that with wage talks looming in the platinum industry, trade union heavyweight Joseph Mathunjwa appears to be relishing his role as perhaps the most powerful man in SA’s besieged mining sector. Source: Latest News
PIC denies losing R100bn in state pensions after sacking of Nene
Business Report writes that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) on Wednesday rebutted reports that the pensions of government employees lost R100 billion in two days in December after President Jacob Zuma axed Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. Source: Latest News
Guptas in new labour storm with staff claiming UIF levies weren’t paid over
Financial Mail reports about claims that the Gupta family short-changed their staff by making Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) deductions from their salaries but not paying the monies over to the labour department. Source: Latest News