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Metrobus strike leaves 16,000 Joburg commuters stuck
BL Premium reports that the City of Johannesburg’s Metrobus, which transports between 12,000 and 16,000 passengers a day, says it is exploring all available avenues to resume its services after employees downed tools from Monday demanding higher wages. Source: Latest News
Merging rural municipalities puts strain on wage bills due to bloated staff complements
Sunday Tribune reports that according to Comfort Khumalo, mayor of Big Five Hlabisa Municipality in northern KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), mergers of rural municipalities put a severe strain on municipal wage bills due to bloated staff complements. Source: Latest News
Protesting workers from cleaning company barricade roads and burn tyres near Siqalo in Cape Town over unpaid salaries
Cape Argus reports that on Tuesday a group of employees from a cleaning company, working for the City of Cape Town on a tender, barricaded Jakes Gerwel Drive and Highlands Drive, near Siqalo informal settlement in Mitchells Plain, with burning tyres and rubble. Source: Latest News
Saldanha Bay mayor Marius Koen considers legal action amid claims he lied about his qualifications
News24 reports that Saldanha Bay Mayor Marius Koen has set the record straight about his qualifications amid claims he had lied about his qualifications. Source: Latest News
Workers at Spar distribution centre in Gqeberha end six-week strike after agreement reached with management
GroundUp reports that a six week strike by more than 130 workers at a Spar distribution centre in Gqeberha has ended after they reached an agreement with management last week. Source: Latest News
Public inquiry into Denel explosion that killed eight postponed to July
News24 reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) on Wednesday decided to postpone the public inquiry into the 2018 explosion at Rheinmetall Denel Munition (RDM) in which eight people were killed. Source: Latest News
Former Bryanston High sports coach acquitted of sexual assault of pupil to appeal dismissal from school at CCMA
TimesLIVE reports that the court case against a former Bryanston High School sports coach accused of the sexual assault and rape of a former pupil was on Tuesday concluded in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court with an acquittal. Source: Latest News
Trains suspended on Wednesday after 'equipment failure' at Cape Town station
News24 reports that trains at Cape Town station were suspended until further notice on Wednesday due to “panel equipment failure” at the transport hub. Source: Latest News
Hawks arrest three security officials, former guard in connection with KZN cash-in-transit heist
News24 reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has arrested three cash-in-transit security officials and a former security guard after they allegedly conspired with robbers in a heist near Harding, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), last week. Source: Latest News