BL Premium reports that the SA Medical Association (Sama) and the SA Medical Association Trade Union (Samatu) have been in a long-standing dispute over whether Sama owes Samatu millions of rand in deductions paid over the past 20 years. Source: Latest News
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Reward offered after two Best Care ambulances petrol-bombed on Friday night
The Citizen reports that two Best Care Emergency Medical Service ambulances were targeted in a petrol-bombing attack at the company’s premises in the Mountain View in the Pretoria area on Friday night. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Tuesday, 23 March 2021 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 19 March 2021. Source: Latest News
SAA nears takeoff, but no management team in place to fly the airline
Business Times writes that the SA Airways (SAA) rescue saga seems to be drawing to a close, with its business rescue practitioners (BRPs) indicating on Friday that they hoped to complete the process and hand the airline back to its interim board by the end of this month. Source: Latest...
Impala invests R10m over four years in bursary programme, launches new Future Women in Mining bursary
Mining Weekly reports that Impala Platinum (Implats) will be investing R10-million over the next four years into the 2021 intake of bursars. Source: Latest News
Deputy Minister tells MPs that wage demands of public sector unions will be heard with ‘an open mind’
BL Premium reports that a senior government official has signalled that public-sector union wage demands could still be open for discussion, despite the Treasury indicating that the state could not afford salary increases. Source: Latest News
SAA business rescue over by end of March, but no date for when flights will resume
BL Premium reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of SA Airways (SAA) intend to hand back the company by the end of March. Source: Latest News
Another top Dirco official suspended in connection with botched R118m New York land deal
News24 reports that Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) chief financial officer Caiphus Ramashau has been placed on precautionary suspension in connection with a R118 million New York deal to buy land which didn’t exist. Source: Latest News
Four JMPD officers, including two superintendents, to appear in court on charges of corruption and theft of a vehicle
News24 reports that four Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officers, including two superintendents, are expected to appear in court on Tuesday where they will face charges of corruption and theft out of a motor vehicle. Source: Latest News
On Friday, another cop shot dead in Cape Town
News24 reports that the Cape Town police force lost another member after an off-duty police constable was shot and killed in Delft on Friday afternoon. Source: Latest News




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