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Sunday Times writes that families of deceased ANC employees are suffering because Luthuli House has not been contributing to their pension and provident funds for more than two years, despite making deductions from salaries. Source: Latest News
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Prasa loses application for leave to appeal reinstatement of three executives
GroundUp reports that on Thursday, Acting Judge Moses Baloyi in the Johannesburg Labour Court dismissed an application for leave to appeal launched by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) against a 2 March ruling of the court. Source: Latest News
Samwu appeals Labour Court ruling that planned strike at Rand Water is unprotected
BL Premium reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) advised on Thursday that it was appealing a Labour Court ruling which had declared the union’s intended strike at Rand Water unprotected. Source: Latest News
Samwu berates Salga for hailing ‘progress’ during second round of wage talks at bargaining council
BL Premium reports that the SA Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has lashed out at the SA Local Government Association (Salga), which represents SA’s 257 municipalities, for trying to create the impression that parties in the bargaining council were “warming up to each other” and that a wage agreement would be...
Ill East London employee 'forced' to report for duty at Spur, collapsed during shift and died in hospital
News24 reports that a gravely ill employee of Las Vegas Spur, in East London’s Hemingways Mall, collapsed mid-shift and died in hospital. Source: Latest News
Western Cape company under investigation for Ters fraud of R3m
News24Wire reports that a Western Cape company is under investigation for allegedly fraudulently claiming benefits from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (Ters). Source: Latest News
NPO goes to court to stop state from hiring top FSCA executives ‘secretly’
The Citizen reports that Open Secrets and the Unpaid Benefits Campaign was scheduled to square off against Finance Minister Tito Mboweni in the Pretoria High Court on Thursday over how the Financial Services Conduct Authority’s (FSCA’s) executives are appointed. Source: Latest News
Numsa demands release of ABM shack dwellers activist Mqapheli Bonono
The Citizen reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM) on Wednesday demanded the immediate release of the deputy president of the shack dwellers movement who was arrested last week in Durban. Source: Latest News
Amid internal corruption concerns, Kruger National Park staff to be polygraphed to stop rhino poaching
TimesLIVE reports that according to the Kruger National Park, it is closer to implementing polygraph testing on all officials and personnel dealing with endangered species such as rhino. Source: Latest News
Gruelling duels lie ahead over public sector wage bill as well at state-owned entities
Financial Mail writes that the state’s coffers are bare and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s administration is on a desperate drive to rein in the ballooning public sector wage bill and pull state-owned enterprises (SOEs) out of intensive care. Source: Latest News