News24 reports that the decomposing bodies of five illegal miners, known as zama-zamas, were found underground on Monday in Harmony Gold’s Eland shaft in Welkom, Free State police said on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
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Unions up wage demands to double digits after Myeni says SAA has money
BDLive reports that trade unions involved in wage negotiations at South African Airways (SAA) have reviewed their wage demands, raising them back from single to double digits, following statements made by the airline’s board chairwoman Dudu Myeni. Source: Latest News
Fawu fights hard for BEE payout in merger of breweries AB InBev and SABMiller
BDLive reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) is determined to drag out the completion of the merger between Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) and SABMiller in a bid to secure benefits for its members. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 10 May 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Tuesday, 10 May 2016 Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 10 May 2016
In our Tuesday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Monday, 9 May 2016. Source: Latest News
Lesotho nationals in SA urged to apply for special permit to stay on legally
TimesLive reports that the Department of Home Affairs has given Lesotho nationals living in South Africa illegally a chance to apply for a special permit until 2019. Source: Latest News
Promotion for ‘bunking brigadier’ who took 156 days of leave in two years
The Star reports that a Johannesburg police station commander, dubbed the “bunking brigadier” after allegedly taking leave of about 156 days in just two years, has been promoted. Source: Latest News
Six of SA’s eight metros record job losses in first quarter of 2016
BDLive reports that unemployment figures released by Statistics SA on Monday paint a bleak picture of the extent of job losses in the country’s metros. Source: Latest News
Gauteng MEC speaks out on attacks on health workers at public facilities
Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu has expressed concern about the number of attacks on health professionals in public health facilities. Source: Latest News
Job cut packages cost Telkom R2.2bn
TechCentral reports that Telkom is expected to take a big hit to earnings as the result of staff reduction costs, with headline earnings per share set to fall by between 40% and 50% for the year ended 31 March 2016. Source: Latest News




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