TimesLIVE reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize advised on Tuesday that the fire that saw nearly 700 patients evacuated from Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital had also destroyed more than R40m worth of personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical stock. Source: Latest News

Miningmx reports that a strike at the Vametco operation of vanadium producer Bushveld Minerals had been bought to an end, the company said in an announcement on Wednesday. The strike lasted for five days. Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports Rand Water on Wednesday withdrew notification of its decision not to pay performance incentive bonuses to its staff pending the outcome of a hearing at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that consumer price inflation quickened to 3.2% in March on an annual basis, up from 2.9% the previous month, according to Stats SA on Wednesday. Source: Latest News

Independent Media reports that ActionSA leader Herman Mashaba has condemned government’s decision to import Cuban engineers to fix the country’s dilapidated infrastructure while allegedly ignoring locally trained and unemployed engineers. Source: Latest News

The Mercury reports that staff at the Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) resumed work on Monday after reaching an agreement with the institution regarding salary increments. Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that hundreds of thousands of waste pickers and their families have been pushed to the brink of starvation under SA’s Covid-19 lockdown. Source: Latest News

Independent Media reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize wants provincial departments to prioritise the filling of vacant posts of chief executive officers (CEOs) at hospitals across the country. Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that the City of Tshwane indicated on Tuesday it would be seeking an urgent interdict from the Labour Court to stop employees at Tshwane Bus Services (TBS) from striking and to restrain them from damaging the municipality’s property. Source: Latest News

SowetanLive reports that state-owned PetroSA let a profitable gasoline supply offer slip through its hands despite the potential of making hundreds of millions of rand from it. Source: Latest News