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BL Premium reports that according to the latest Ipsos-World Economic Forum (WEF) survey, South Africans are increasingly showing an interest in getting vaccinated against Covid-19. Source: Latest News
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SA’s economic recovery depends on how fast it can roll-out Covid-19 vaccinations
Mail & Guardian reports that although global economic growth is slowly picking up and vaccinations are being rolled out, research shows that for emerging markets employment recovery will take longer to get back to pre-pandemic levels. Source: Latest News
Collins Chabane municipal manager in court for alleged corruption in relation to VBS Bank saga
News24 reports that Charlotte Ngobeni, a Collins Chabane municipal manager, appeared briefly in the Specialised Commercial Crimes Court sitting in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on Friday, on charges of corruption and contravention of the Municipal Financial Management Act. Source: Latest News
Suspended public servants on full pay costing government billions, minister reveals
News24 reports that government is spending billions of rands on salaries for suspended officials in national and provincial departments. Source: Latest News
New consignment of Johnson & Johnson vaccines arrived in SA on Saturday and more batches on the way this week
News24 reports that SA received another batch of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccines on Saturday and three more vaccine batches were expected in the next few days, SA Medical Research Council (SAMRC) CEO Glenda Gray said on Sunday. Source: Latest News
Government cannot justify overstaffed Eskom, Mabuza tells MPs
BL Premium reports that Deputy President David Mabuza said in parliament on Thursday that the government could not continue to justify the number of people employed at Eskom given the amount of electricity the beleaguered utility was producing. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 11 March 2021
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 11 March 2021. Source: Latest News
Two directors-general tell ConCourt public service unions' appeal over wage increase has no chance of success
Fin24 reports that National Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane and director-general of the Department of Public Service and Administration Yoliswa Makhasi filed affidavits before the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on Thursday against a bid by unions to compel government to honour a 2018 public service wage agreement. Source: Latest News
Numsa’s Irvin Jim says it’s a disgrace cops are still killing unarmed protesters like under Apartheid
Pretoria News reports that Irvin Jim, general secretary of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), says it’s a disgrace that more than twenty years after the ANC government has been in power, the police are still killing unarmed protesters as they did under the darkest days of Apartheid....
Denosa calls for appointment of permanent CEOs at Gauteng hospitals
Pretoria News reports that according to the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) in Gauteng, it has repeatedly called for the appointment of chief executives to run the struggling government hospitals in the province. Source: Latest News