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TimesLIVE reports that according to the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL), the Occupational Health and Safety Act does not give employers a right to discipline employees who flout Covid-19 regulations outside of work. Source: Latest News
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Animal rights report reveals that big cat breeding facilities 'exploit workers' as well as animals
News24 reports that a report by animal welfare organisation Four Paws has found that not only are big cats at breeding farms exploited, but the workers on such farms face exploitation as well. Source: Latest News
Thousands of 'uninvited' job applicants turn up at new hospital in KwaMashu, forcing assessment tests to be suspended
Independent Media reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health was forced on Monday to suspend its plans to host assessment tests for nurses at the Dr Pixley Ka-Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital in KwaMashu after thousands of people showed up. Source: Latest News
Employers and unions need to decide on how to tackle non-vaccinated workers, says Solidarity’s Gideon du Plessis
Gideon du Plessis, general secretary of trade union Solidarity, writes that the vaccination of health workers against Covid-19 has proceeded without encountering any significant resistance from their ranks. Source: Latest News
National Treasury warns municipalities to budget for affordable salary increases only
Independent Media reports that municipalities have been warned to only budget for affordable salary increases this year. Source: Latest News
Taxi industry wants cash-strapped government to implement long-awaited subsidy
BusinessLive reports that SA’s taxi industry still expects the government to implement a subsidy for the sector, in line with transport minister Fikile Mbalula’s promises during the national taxi indaba last year. Source: Latest News
Former Nelson Mandela Bay clerk guilty of 448 counts of fraud and forgery to be sentenced in May
TimesLIVE reports that a 48-year-old former administration clerk of the Nelson Mandela Bay metro will be sentenced on 4 May for fraud and forgery. Source: Latest News
Five Matjhabeng municipal employees in court in Free State on fraud and forgery charges
News24 reports that five Free State municipal employees have been arrested during an operation by the Hawks’ National Clean Audit Task Team. Source: Latest News
Cash-strapped Denel appoints Thandeka Sabela as acting finance chief
Reuters reports that state-owned defence company Denel has appointed Thandeka Sabela as acting chief financial officer (CFO). Source: Latest News
February’s consumer inflation slipped to 2.9%, taking it below the Reserve Bank's target range
Fin24 reports that consumer inflation data released by Statistics SA on Wednesday showed that February inflation slipped to 2.9% year-on-year, from 3.2% in January. Source: Latest News