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TimesLIVE reports that the Beer Association of SA (Basa) has called on Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to offer the industry some tax relief in his budget speech on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
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Public sector wage bill a major issue for Mboweni, trade unions ahead of Wednesday’s budget speech
EWN reports that Finance Minister Tito Mboweni will deliver his Budget Speech on Wednesday with the critical issue of the public wage bill still in limbo ahead of a Constitutional Court appeal by trade unions. Source: Latest News
Nehawu defends Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi amid backlash over comments about Ace Magashule’s fraud case
Independent Media reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has strongly defended the election of Zingiswa Losi as president of Cosatu following social media accusations that her appointment was solely because she was a woman. Source: Latest News
Public Servant Association welcomes axing of 'incompetent' Sindiswa Gomba as Eastern Cape health MEC
News24 reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) has welcomed the dismissal of former Eastern Cape health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. Source: Latest News
SA’s Uber drivers working with UK lawyers for rights to overtime and holiday pay
TimesLIVE reports that a group of Uber drivers in SA will be heading to court to seek rights including compensation for unpaid overtime and holiday pay, their lawyers advised on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Agricultural sector warns of devastating impact on jobs of minimum wage increase
Business Report writes that the agricultural industry has warned that the recently announced increase in the national minimum wage (NMW) would cripple the sector and impact any prospects of creating further jobs. Source: Latest News
Higher national minimum wage was not a ‘thumb suck’, says labour minister
BusinessTech reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has reiterated that adjustment of the national minimum wage (NMW) was the outcome of an extensive consultation process. Source: Latest News
SA's jobless grew to 7.2 million in fourth quarter of 2020, with unemployment rate of 32.5% setting new record
Fin24 reports that SA’s official unemployment rate increased to a record 32.5% in the fourth quarter of 2020 as the number of jobless in the country grew to 7.2 million. Source: Latest News
Netcare 911 helicopter 'broke up in flight', preliminary probe into deaths of four medics and pilot finds
TimesLIVE reports that a preliminary investigation by the SA Civil Aviation Authority has confirmed that the helicopter which crashed en route to KwaZulu-Natal last month killing Netcare 911 medics and the pilot broke apart in midair and the impact was “not survivable”. Source: Latest News
KZN has lost 253 teachers and 38 non-teaching staff to Covid-19
Independent Media reports that KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) education MEC Kwazi Mshengu said during the release of the province’s matric results on Tuesday morning that he was doing so with a heavy heart, having lost 253 teachers and 38 non-teaching staff to Covid-19 related illnesses. Source: Latest News