BDLive reports that Telkom is set to meet with unions in a process facilitated by the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to discuss the latest round of retrenchments as part of its drive to cut R5bn in costs. Source: Latest News
Sunday Times reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) is facing a barrage of complaints levelled against senior officials, including allegations of harassment and fraud. Source: Latest News
BDLive reports that Treasury figures show that the ranks of public healthcare’s administrative staff increased 12% in the three years to September last year, even as the number of doctors and nurses flatlined Source: Latest News
Saturday Star reports that the year has started off on a tough note for the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), which confirmed it has had to slash staff by 40%. Source: Latest News
ANA reports that efforts to drill a secondary shaft at Vantage Goldfields’ Lily Mine at Barberton are on track, according to the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that Anglo American Platinum’s (Amplats’) wholly owned subsidiary Rustenburg Platinum Mines on Friday began a consultation process in terms of the Labour Relations Act on the proposed restructuring of its Union mine joint venture and Twickenham project. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Saturday, 27 February and Sunday, 28 February 2016. Source: Latest News
Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Thursday, 25February 2016. Source: Latest News
In our Fridayroundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that have appeared since midday on Thursday, 25 February 2016. Source: Latest News
Reuters reports that SA’s unemployment rate fell to 24.5% of the labour force in the fourth quarter of last year from 25.5% in the third quarter, official data showed on Thursday. Source: Latest News
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