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News24 reports that bedevilled Crime Intelligence (CI) boss Peter Jacobs has managed to stay a fraught disciplinary process – underscored by dramatic claims of criminality and espionage – that could see him axed. Source: Latest News
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Thousands of skilled foreigners could face visa renewal hurdles if cut from critical skills list
Stefanie De Saude Darbandi, immigration and citizenship law specialist at De Saude Darbandi Attorneys, writes that thousands of skilled people working in SA could face visa renewal challenges, or even be forced to leave the country, if their job descriptions have been cut from the latest SA critical skills list....
Labour Court orders “shockingly malicious and inhumane” Prasa to reinstate fired executive
GroundUp reports that in a scathing judgment, Labour Court Judge Edwin Tlhotlhalemaje has ruled against the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for firing Nqobile Pearl Munthali, head of the Prasa Development Foundation, on 29 January. Source: Latest News
Ladismith cheese workers who demonstrated in solidarity with local farmworkers face disciplinary action
GroundUp reports that workers at a Ladismith cheese factory who demonstrated outside the factory last week in solidarity with farm workers in the area now face disciplinary action from the company for leaving their workplaces. Source: Latest News
Call to further extend deadline for applications for relief funds for early childhood development centres
Cape Argus reports that civil society organisations have requested an extension by another week of the deadline for applications by early childhood development (ECD) centres for Covid-19 relief funds. Source: Latest News
Gauteng premier David Makhura promises single public transport card by this year
SowetanLive reports that commuters in Gauteng could finally this year get to use a single public transport card across different modes, according to premier David Makhura. Source: Latest News
Denosa students in Western Cape continue with sit-ins, sleepovers over employment gripes
Cape Argus reports that following what the Denosa Student Movement said was a vague response from the Western Cape health department about the absorption of Community Service Practitioner Nurses, the organisation has vowed to continue with its sit-ins and sleepovers at the department’s offices. Source: Latest News
Finance Minister takes from the poor with below-inflation increases
BL Premium reports that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has given with one hand and taken away with the other, allocating R2.1bn in the budget for a three-month extension of the special Covid-19 social relief of distress grant, but cutting welfare grants for the first time in more than a decade....
At least two arrested during standoff between police and Saftu in Cape Town on Wednesday
GroundUp reports that at least two people, including Western Cape secretary of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), were arrested during a standoff between police and protesters in the Cape Town CBD on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Wage freeze, leave reductions and other options on table to save jobs, SABC tells MPs
Fiin24 reports that the Portfolio Committee on Communications was briefed on Tuesday on the 2019/20 annual report of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC). Source: Latest News