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Fin24 reports that new study conducted by Moody’s Analytics on behalf of Visa shows that increased electronic payment usage created the equivalent of an average of 26,550 jobs in South Africa per year between 2011 and 2015. Source: Latest News
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Never mind outside, it’s very cold within the ANC, says Vavi
DispatchLive reports that former Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi says the notion that it is cold outside the ANC is misplaced. Source: Latest News
Domestic worker takes Phat Joe to CCMA for unfair labour practice
Cape Times reports that domestic worker Nontembiso Vumazonke has taken her former employer, celebrity and radio personality Phat Joe whose real name is Majota Khambule, to the CCMA for unfair labour practice. Source: Latest News
Sibanye sees no way around job losses in its platinum takeovers
BDLive reports that Sibanye Gold would be unlikely to go ahead with the acquisition of platinum mines in the Rustenburg area should the Competition Commission insist on a condition of no merger-specific retrenchments, the Competition Tribunal heard. Source: Latest News
FNB to cut almost 600 jobs, close branches
Bloomberg reports that FirstRand plans to close branches and cut jobs at First National Bank (FNB), its retail-lending unit, as customers switch to digital banking and the lender responds to an economy on the brink of a recession. Source: Latest News
Web links to a selection of labour news reports posted on 14 March 2016
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 14 March 2016. Source: Latest News
Roundup of labour news on 14 March 2016
In our Monday roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Friday, 11 March 2016. Source: Latest News
Government throws Highveld Steel to the wolves: Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis
Gideon du Plessis, general secretary of Solidarity, writes that his union and Numsa recently had no choice but to sign a retrenchment agreement under duress with Highveld Steel where 1,721 employees had been retrenched due to the closure of the plant. Source: Latest News
Why miners’ fight for silicosis compensation is a just one
Moneyweb writes that mining giants Anglo American SA and AngloGold Ashanti have agreed to pay R464 million to more than 4,400 miners who contracted silicosis and TB from working on their mines. Source: Latest News
No murder charge for sjamboked farm worker’s death
Diamond Fields Advertiser reports that Carlo du Plessis, who was accused of killing a farm worker he beat with a sjambok, no longer faces a murder charge after the Northern Cape High Court on Thursday found that there was insufficient evidence linking him to the crime. Source: Latest News