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EWN reports that a former Oudtshoorn municipal official will spend an effective four years behind bars on charges of fraud worth R1.9 million. Source: Latest News
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Amcu heads to ConCourt in bid to get solidarity strikes legally protected
The Star reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) wants the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to pronounce that solidarity strikes are legally protected. Source: Latest News
Public Protector steps in to mediate standoff between artists and National Arts Council over relief funds
EWN reports that Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has stepped in to mediate the standoff between artists and creatives on the one hand and the National Arts Council (NAC) on the other hand. Source: Latest News
Take-home pay in formal economy returning to pre-Covid levels
BL Premium reports that according to data drawn from the National Payments System (NPS), wages and salaries in the formal economy have almost recovered to pre-Covid levels. Source: Latest News
With jobs at stake, Numsa joins Ayo’s court battle to stop FNB from cutting off banking services
BL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) will be joining Ayo Technology Solutions in a bid to interdict FNB from cutting off that company’s banking services. Source: Latest News
Transport unions threaten to strike as Transnet offers zero wage increase
BL Premium reports that transport unions have threatened to embark on a strike action at Transnet after management of the state-owned freight rail and logistics company offered no increase for the 2021/2022 financial year. Source: Latest News
SAA Technical starts retrenchment process to cut at least 60% of its 2,000 jobs
BL Premium reports that SA Airways Technical (SAAT), the repair and maintenance unit of the grounded national carrier, is set to retrench at least 60% of its 2,000 employees. Source: Latest News
Medical schemes regulator boosts patients’ rights to choose their pharmacies
BL Premium reports that the medical schemes regulator has banned the imposition of excessive co-payments on patients who choose health-care providers outside the networks chosen by their medical schemes. Source: Latest News
SA Maritime Safety Authority places three top executives on suspension following whistleblower and stakeholder misconduct allegations
News24 reports that three SA Maritime Safety Authority (Samsa) executives have been placed on precautionary suspension, amid allegations of misconduct. Source: Latest News
Former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane admits to appointing advisers without knowing them much
SowetanLive reports that former mineral resources minister Mosebenzi Zwane had a hard time on Tuesday maintaining that he was not a “stooge of the Guptas” as he was grilled for appointing their associates as advisers without knowing them. Source: Latest News