Business Report writes that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has warned of massive job losses in the mining industry, charging that the figure could balloon to 100,000 this year after Anglo American announced that it was dumping some of its assets.   Source: Latest News

Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 29 February 2016. 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, 26 February 2016. Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that Bain Capital Partners’ troubled child Edcon Holdings, which owns Edgars, announced on Friday that it would seeking R500m of savings from job cuts and other measures, including store closures, as part of its strategic realignment plan.   Source: Latest News

Saturday Argus reports that with 40,000 new jobs created in the last quarter of 2015, the Western Cape’s unemployment rate has fallen to 19.4%, the lowest of the country’s nine provinces.   Source: Latest News

The Mercury reports that two former employees of Hillcrest-based direct marketing insurance company The Unlimited who were dismissed because they refused to participate in what they alleged were demeaning, compulsory self-development induction courses have sought legal redress.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said on Monday that more than 36,000 jobs were under threat in the embattled mining industry over the next three months.   Source: Latest News

ANA reports that the SA Communist Party (SACP) on Sunday dismissed as baseless a story in City Press alleging that the party was involved in running the Construction Education and Training Authority (Ceta).   Source: Latest News

Cape Argus reports that Cape Town wants to create 200,000 jobs in the offshore call centre business over the next five years, taking on major players like India and the Philippines.   Source: Latest News

BDLive reports that financial giants Liberty, Alexander Forbes and others are accused of colluding with the Financial Services Board (FSB) to close thousands of pension funds illegally, to the detriment of savers and their families, many of them working class and poor.   Source: Latest News