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TimesLIVE reports that the Department of Social Development has called on early childhood centres (ECDs) to apply for relief funding made available through the presidential employment stimulus. Source: Latest News
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Ingonyama Trust’s salary costs rise 45% in two years
Moneyweb reports that the Ingonyama Trust, which administers tribal land under communal tenure in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), has been slapped with an adverse audit opinion by the office of Auditor-General (AG) of SA. Source: Latest News
AA warns that petrol price could jump a hefty 56 cents a litre in March
Fin24 reports that the Automobile Association (AA) said on Monday that South African consumers could brace for yet another hefty fuel price hike in March. Source: Latest News
Former OR Tambo municipal accountant pleads guilty to stealing more than R9m over period since 2012
DespatchLIVE reports that a former OR Tambo district municipality accountant has admitted to fraud, theft and money laundering amounting to more than R9m. Source: Latest News
Last year 2,000 employees left Eskom, but 6,000 more must go to reach 'right size'
TimesLIVE reports that last year alone, 2,000 Eskom employees left the embattled parastatal. Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter made the revelation on Monday as he delivered a virtual address on the power utility’s state of affairs. Source: Latest News
On appeal, arbitrator upholds teacher’s dismissal for lashing pupil 55 times on her hand and fracturing bones
The Star reports that a teacher lashed a pupil 55 times on her palm and the back of her right hand with a stick, fracturing bones in her arm – and then tried to argue that her dismissal had been unfair. Source: Latest News
Call for Prasa to up security after body discovered in carriage just prior to resumption of train service from Cape Town to Langa
Cape Argus reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) resumed train services from Cape Town to Langa on Monday, but there were concerns about security after a body was found in a train carriage at Retreat station over the weekend. Source: Latest News
‘Sex pest’ acting principal placed on special leave after his past resurfaces
The Star reports that accused “sex pest” acting principal of John Martin Catholic School in Kagiso has been placed on precautionary special leave amid the revelation that the educator had a valid teaching certificate when he was appointed. Source: Latest News
We can't pay our execs chickenfeed, says Astral Foods CEO after investors reject pay policy
Business Times reports that Chris Schutte, CEO of SA’s biggest poultry producer, Astral Foods, the remuneration policy of which was recently rejected by shareholders, says too much focus on remuneration is making it harder to hang on to executives who are in high demand around the world. Source: Latest News
Lulaway job initiative to train youths to install solar geysers made from recyclable materials
Engineering News reports that youth employment organisation Lulaway’s social impact division, Lulalab Foundation, has developed a youth employment initiative that trains youths to assemble, install and maintain gravity-fed solar geysers made from recycled materials in informal settlements. Source: Latest News