Mining Weekly reports that trade union Solidarity on Monday secured the inclusion of skilled workers in the peace agreement concluded last week by gold miner Sibanye Gold and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu).   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 18 April 2016 Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the United Association of SA (Uasa) will be meeting with Comair at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) on Tuesday to continue wage negotiations aimed at ending the union’s current strike.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that, citing low commodity prices and a drop in equity investment, diversified miner Exxaro Resources may cut as many as 565 jobs from its coal to ferroalloy operations.   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, 15 April 2016. Source: Latest News

ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Sunday welcomed the reviewed Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment Charter for the SA mining and minerals industry (mining charter) as gazetted by Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that unemployment levels, particularly among the youth, was a major concern for the African National Congress (ANC), President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.   Source: Latest News

Sunday Independent reports that five illegal miners have died after being trapped underground since Thursday evening, when the 90m-deep Bosveld Mine in Pongola, in northern KwaZulu-Natal, collapsed.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) on Friday rejected reports linking it to a yet-to-be established federation of trade unions, saying such an association would be an “ill-conceived formation”.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that trade union Solidarity was due to meet on Monday with Sibanye Gold’s management to discuss the union’s demand that the recent agreement concluded with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) be extended to skilled workers.   Source: Latest News