TimesLive reports that two McDonald’s employees were killed and five injured early on Monday after a vehicle taking employees home was fired on – allegedly by police who were pursuing suspects involved in a petrol station robbery nearby. Source: Latest News
eNCA reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) has named the man killed in an ambush in Sudan on Wednesday. Corporal Mxolisi Edward Mnyipika was shot in northern Darfur. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that a group of government pensioners has taken the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) and the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) to the Public Protector (PP) for the “reckless” handling of their money. Source: Latest News
Sunday Argus relates the account of two mineworkers who were underground when the Lily Mine collapse occurred on 5 February, as well as their views on the subsequent efforts to rescue three workers trapped in a container which fell into the sinkhole. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) said on Friday its current acting director Cameron Morajane will formally assume directorship of the commission from April. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Sunday urged mining mogul Patrice Motsepe to intervene at the Khumani Iron Ore Mine in the Northern Cape where money has allegedly been deducted from employees’ salaries without their permission. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that the Financial Services Board (FSB), which oversees non-banking financial services including retirement funds, has launched an investigation into seven trustees of the Impala Workers Provident Fund, who allegedly tried to extort a bribe from a financial services provider. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that Pikitup employees affiliated to the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) say they will not return to work on Monday morning despite calls to do so by the union’s national structures and the employer. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 12 March and Sunday, 13 March 2016. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that an application by the National Education Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) for an interdict against Parliament was struck off the roll late on Friday for lack of urgency. Source: Latest News
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