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Unrest relief fund 'is not a salary holiday, it is meant for bad days', says UIF
News24 reports that the newly established relief fund to assist companies looted during the recent unrest has been infiltrated by fraudsters. Source: Latest News
Automobile Association submits that Gautrain is a white elephant, its extension unacceptable
Engineering News reports that according to the Automobile Association (AA), proposed route extensions to the Gautrain must be rejected by the Gauteng provincial government, as this will perpetuate a system which “caters for the minority of citizens who don’t need it, instead of the mass market which does”. Source: Latest...
Mpumalanga municipal employee and two others arrested over R300,000 RDP housing scam
News24 reports that an employee at the eMalahleni municipality in Mpumalanga was granted R10,000 bail last week, after being charged with selling unallocated RDP houses to unsuspecting victims desperate for a home. Source: Latest News
Covid-19 vaccination programme loses momentum
City Press reports that SA’s Covid-19 vaccine programme is losing momentum. Dr Nicholas Crisp, who runs government’s vaccine programme, said they have not been able to reach the target of 250,000 jabs a day because too few people were showing up at vaccination stations. Source: Latest News
NUM slams CAPM’s plans to retrench up to 200 Orkney miners
Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) says it is “disturbed and aggrieved” by China Africa Precious Metal’s (CAPM’s) issuance of a Section 189 notice for the retrenchment of 200 of the 301 employees at its Orkney gold mine, in the North West. Source: Latest News
Armed men rob principal, teachers on Friday at West Rand school
News24 reports that police advised on Saturday that a principal and his teachers were robbed at a school on the West Rand in Gauteng. Source: Latest News
Health Minister wants SA to stay at current lockdown level, despite downward trend in infections
Reuters reports that Health Minister Joe Phaahla indicated on Friday that he would not recommend a relaxation of Covid-19 lockdown measures despite a downward trend in infections. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 13 August 2021
In our Friday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
SA ranked low in new report on youth development
The Citizen reports that a new report shows SA is lagging behind in the ranking for countries that have made an improvement in youth development. Source: Latest News