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TimesLIVE reports that Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has fired health MEC Sindiswa Gomba. Mabuyane announced he had fired Gomba at a news conference on Thursday. Source: Latest News
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Workers trapped after ‘explosion’ on Wednesday at ArcelorMittal plant confirmed dead
TimesLIVE reports that the three workers who were trapped after an explosion at ArcelorMittal SA’s (Amsa’s) premises in Vanderbijlpark, Gauteng, on Wednesday have been confirmed dead. Source: Latest News
UIF to start processing Ters extension applications in March
BL Premium reports that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) is aiming to start processing applications for the extension of the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) for workers affected by the Covid-19 lockdown in the first week of March. Source: Latest News
Job-seekers in Germiston wait in vain at gates of ‘hotspot’ local employer hoping for work
GroundUp reports that unemployed and desperate people have taken to sitting outside the gates of Wireforce in Germiston hoping for a job. Source: Latest News
Forced closure by strikers of Humansdorp animal feed co-op in Cookhouse hits farmers
GroundUp reports that the shutting down of the Humansdorp Kooperasie by workers over a wage dispute has impacted local farmers in the Cookhouse area of the Eastern Cape. Source: Latest News
Saftu to embark on nationwide strike on 24 February to highlight growing poverty, unemployment and inequality
Independent Media reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has reiterated its rejection of SA’s ambitious Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) as it plans to embark on a nationwide general strike to highlight growing poverty, unemployment and inequality in the country. Source: Latest News
Three ArcelorMittal employees missing after a 90 metre stack collapsed at Vanderbijlpark plant on Wednesday
Fin24 reports that a search is on for three employees after a portion of a 90 meter stack collapsed at a coke battery of ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark. Source: Latest News
Locked-out SAA pilots fuming over unpaid salaries
Moneyweb reports that the SAA Pilots’ Association (Saapa) is headed to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) to compel the SA Airways (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to pay the 13th cheque its members would have received at the end of 2020 as well as three months’ back...
Consumer price inflation accelerated slightly in January to 3.2%
BusinessLive reports that consumer price inflation accelerated slightly in January, driven by higher food prices and services costs. Source: Latest News
Tourism Equity Fund faces court challenge from Solidarity and AfriForum, but tourism minister is defiant
BL Premium reports that Tourism Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane faces legal action against the R1.2bn Tourism Equity Fund (TEF), launched in January to assist the development of black-owned businesses in the sector. Source: Latest News