- 11 May 2013 12:18 - Sapa
- The National Union of Mineworkers will oppose the retrenchment of 6 000 workers at Anglo American Platinum, the union has said.
- 10 May 2013 20:02 - Sapa, Reuters,
- The Congress of South African Trade Unions has expressed outrage over Anglo American Platinum's announcement that it will cut 6 000 jobs.
- 15 Jan 2013 17:13 - Sapa
- Plans by Anglo American Platinum to cut 14 000 jobs has come as a shock to the government, said Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu.
- 10 Nov 2012 12:41 - Reuters
- Standard Bank has said it would cut up to 15% of its staff in London to save $100-million, as the bank scales back operations outside Africa.
- 07 Oct 2011 13:34 - Olivia Kumwenda
- Paper maker Sappi says it will be cutting jobs and restructuring its operations to rein in costs and focus on higher margin businesses.
- 02 Aug 2011 07:32 - Staff Reporter
- HSBC's new chief executive says the positions will go worldwide over the next three years after announcing first-half profits up 3% to $11.5-billion.
- 05 May 2009 16:30 - Staff Reporter
- The economic crisis could lead to over 300 000 job losses, economist Mike Schussler said in the 8th United Association of SA Employment Report.
- 30 Apr 2009 10:03 - Staff Reporter
- The leader of the United Democratic Movement, Bantu Holomisa, has taken the opportunity of Workers Day to savage the government's economic policies.
- 29 Apr 2009 15:54 - Staff Reporter
- The DA has castigated the government for its failure to act to prevent companies going into liquidation, thereby throwing people out of work.
- 25 Mar 2009 12:18 - Staff Reporter
- The motor manufacturing industry lost 2 566 jobs in 2008, the National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa said on Wednesday.
- 23 Mar 2009 11:50 - Staff Reporter
- Japan's biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group said on Monday that it would cut 1 000 jobs and close 50 branches over three years.
- 17 Mar 2009 16:21 - Terhi Kinnunen
- Nokia, the world's leading cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it planned to cut another 1 700 jobs worldwide.
- 11 Mar 2009 09:05 - Staff Reporter
- More than 100 workers at Xstrata Alloy's smelter in Rustenburg in the North West have been fired.
- 03 Mar 2009 14:08 - Staff Reporter
- The tourism industry should do "everything possible" to protect jobs in light of a "looming recession", ANC president Jacob Zuma said on Tuesday.
- 02 Mar 2009 16:35 - Staff Reporter
- About 8 200 mining jobs in Zambia have been lost since December as the global economic crisis sends copper prices down.
- 24 Feb 2009 19:13 - Staff Reporter
- The world's diamond giant is halting mining in Botswana for the next seven weeks as the global recession takes it toll on gem demand.
- 24 Feb 2009 18:38 - Staff Reporter
- The DA on Tuesday said Finance Minister Trevor Manuel and government's new economic task team must act faster to save local jobs.
- 24 Feb 2009 15:08 - Staff Reporter
- Solidarity on Tuesday hit back at Lonmin which earlier said it had reached "an agreement" with trade unions to retrench 4 000 employees.
- 24 Feb 2009 13:28 - Staff Reporter
- President Barack Obama is on Tuesday to use the grand political stage of his debut address to Congress to counsel a nation gripped by economic fear.
- 23 Feb 2009 15:30 - Staff Reporter
- The farmlands of central China hold no future for Li Honglin, but she's trapped there until word comes from a clothing factory where she used to work.
