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BL Premium reports that the number of employed people fell again at the start of 2021 as SA’s second wave of coronavirus infections and the associated lockdown shrunk job opportunities across all age groups. Source: Latest News
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Action, not words, needed to end attack on medics, says union
Pretoria News reports that words with no action behind them will not put an end to the senseless attacks and killings of emergency medical services personnel, their union has said. Source: Latest News
Government, unions launch campaign to encourage teachers to take Covid-19 vaccine jab
TimesLIVE reports that Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga, her deputy and teacher union leaders will be the faces of a public vaccination advocacy campaign encouraging educators to take the Covid-19 vaccine. Source: Latest News
Limpopo education official denied top job for dodgy reason scores R650,000
The Star reports that a Limpopo education official has scored R650,000 from the department after his application for a top post was binned for a dodgy reason. Source: Latest News
Metrobus claims that ‘small unruly element’ preventing drivers from working
The Star reports that Metrobus has accused the Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of SA (Demawusa) of being greedy and destructive. Source: Latest News
Amcu calls on President Ramaphosa to meet Marikana widows
The Star reports that the Association of Mining and Construction Workers Union (Amcu) has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet the widows of the miners who died in 2012 in the Marikana massacre. Source: Latest News
Independent mediators in public service wage talks ask for more time
EWN reports that independent mediators in the public wage negotiations have asked for more time as government considers drawing up a renewed wage offer. Source: Latest News
Court hears how employees' 'basic human rights' were allegedly violated at Johannesburg factory
News24 reports that the South Gauteng High Court has heard allegations of how seven Chinese nationals, accused of human trafficking, treated employees at their Johannesburg factory. Source: Latest News
State unlikely to freeze public-sector wages for three years, says Fitch Ratings
BL Premium reports that as parties in the Public Service Co-ordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) continue to look for mechanisms to break their wage deadlock, Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday the government was unlikely to meet its goal of freezing public-sector salaries for three years. Source: Latest News
SAPS suspends VIP Protection Unit officer accused of triple murder
News24 reports that the SAPS has suspended a Mthatha VIP Protection Unit member after he was arrested (IPID) for allegedly murdering three people over a land dispute last week. Source: Latest News