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Business Report writes that Steinhoff International increased the basic salary of its chief executive Louis du Preez by 10.83% to €1.33 million (R24.22m) for the year to end September 2020, up from €1.2m the previous year. Source: Latest News
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Durban man bust for impersonating a police officer and robbery
TimesLIVE reports that a Durban man was arrested on Sunday after he allegedly posed as a police officer to rob a victim of his cash and cellphone. Source: Latest News
National Arts Council suspends CEO, CFO over rollout of employment stimulus programme
SowetanLive reports that the National Arts Council (NAC) has suspended its CEO Rosemary Mangope and CFO Clifton Changfoot pending an investigation. Source: Latest News
With wage demands due on Monday, stage is set for bitter fight between public sector unions and government over increases
BL Premium reports that the stage has been set for a bitter clash between the government and public sector unions, with the latter meeting on Monday to iron out sticking points in their demands for above-inflation wage increases. Source: Latest News
Sassa officials and 17 others in court for disability grant fraud amounting to over R300,000
SowetanLive reports that the Hawks have dismantled one of the biggest disability grant fraud and corruption syndicates to hit the SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) after the arrest of officials and undeserving beneficiaries in Limpopo. Source: Latest News
Netcare helicopter crash on 21 January was ’not survivable’, Sacaa preliminary report concludes
Sunday Tribune reports that the SA Civil Aviation Authority (Sacaa) released its preliminary accident report last week on the helicopter crash that claimed the lives of a medical team on a “mercy mission” and the pilot, in Winterton, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Source: Latest News
Hawks to investigate shooting of two Cape Town police officers on Sunday
News24 reports that National Police Commissioner General Khehla Sitole has condemned the murder of two officers who were attacked while patrolling in a Cape Town suburb. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 1 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, 26 February 2021. Source: Latest News
Eleven arrested after vehicles, buildings torched at Palabora copper mine in Limpopo
News24 reports that Limpopo police arrested 11 people after protests outside the Palabora copper mine in Phalaborwa turned violent and properties were set alight. Source: Latest News
SA moves to level 1 lockdown, with restrictions on booze sales and public gatherings eased, but masks still compulsory
Independent News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night that SA would go to level 1 Covid-19 lockdown with immediate effect. “The country has now clearly passed the second wave,“ Ramaphosa noted. Source: Latest News