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City Press reports that some of the retrenched SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) employees are at risk of losing their cars and houses because the public broadcaster has not yet paid their severance packages. Source: Latest News
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Cash-strapped ANC struggling to pay salaries as Sars nabs party’s IEC allocation to pay off PAYE debt
Sunday Times reports that the SA Revenue Service (Sars) is said to have garnisheed the ANC’s Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) allocation funds – taking away R17m meant for the governing party – in part-payment of the party’s ballooning tax bill. Source: Latest News
Ebrahim Patel to publish practice note on employee ownership and other broad-based ownership schemes
Engineering News reports that Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has been drafting guidelines on employee ownership and other broad-based ownership schemes and intends and intends this week to publish a practice note dealing with some clarifications around community trusts and individual ownership schemes. Source: Latest News
Wage negotiations at Eskom set to get under way on Tuesday
BL Premium reports that Eskom’s management and trade unions are expected to meet at the company’s bargaining forum this week to try to hammer out a new wage deal for the state-owned power utility’s employees. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 29 April 2021
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 29 April 2021. Source: Latest News
Search for Lindiwe Sisulu’s ‘call’ to local engineers ahead of importing Cubans yields no results
The Citizen reports that trade union Solidarity has expressed its disappointment in Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Lindiwe Sisulu for allegedly changing her story regarding the 24 Cuban engineers brought to SA to assist with ailing water infrastructure. Source: Latest News
Rand Water and Samwu head back to negotiating table to try to stave off strike over incentive bonuses
TimesLIVE reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has issued a certificate of non-resolution in a dispute between Rand Water and the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu). Source: Latest News
Cape Town police hunting suspects after off-duty Metro cop killed in Philippi on Wednesday
EWN reports that Philippi East police have launched a manhunt for suspects after an off-duty officer attached to the City of Cape Town’s Metro Police was killed on Wednesday afternoon. Source: Latest News
More than 80% of Gauteng train stations left in ruins
Pretoria News reports that more than 80% of train stations in Gauteng have been left in ruins after they were stripped of anything of value, leaving hundreds of commuters stranded. Source: Latest News
Senior official at Joburg Property Company fingered for allegedly awarding irregular PPE contracts worth R18m
Pretoria News reports that a senior official at the City of Johannesburg Property Company allegedly awarded personal protective equipment (PPE) contracts irregularly, costing the municipality at least R18 million in fruitless and wasteful expenditure last year. Source: Latest News