Engineering News reports that Deputy Finance Minister Mcebisi Jonas said on Thursday that if a country’s artisan skills base was weak, chances were its economy would be weak.   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) said on Friday that its members could strike at Sibanye Gold if the gold producer did not sign a wage agreement.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that as waste management agency Pikitup implements its contingency plan for refuse collection around Johannesburg, there are reports of intimidation of outsourced workers.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that the South African leg of Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev’s) takeover bid for SABMiller may be completed sooner than initially expected.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that Lephaphane Elsie Netshivhumbe, who won woman of the year at the police’s national service excellence awards recently, says giving to the less fortunate and seeing them smile is what fulfils her.   Source: Latest News

Sowetan reports that Eskom employees at Mankweng station in Limpopo downed tools on Friday, saying they were being harassed by their employer.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet from Saturday, 19 March to Monday, 21 March 2016. Source: Latest News

MyBroadband reports that Telkom on Friday offered voluntary retrenchments to a large portion of its workforce.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that Zanele KaMagwaza-Msibi, leader of the National Freedom Party President (NFP), on Monday called for tangible and realistic actions to end racism in South Africa.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that many streets in Johannesburg’s CBD were littered with garbage on Sunday, despite assurances by waste management agency Pikitup that it has put contingency plans in place to deal with the clean-up.   Source: Latest News