Bloomberg reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa said in his weekly letter that the grants and unemployment benefits introduced to help people and businesses withstand the economic downturn that was exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic could not be sustained indefinitely. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that on 1 March, the national minimum wage for domestic workers will increase to R19,09 per hour, namely 22.6% more than their current minimum wage of R15,57. But, this will still be less than the general minimum wage of R21,69 per hour. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that Ellies, which makes and installs DStv satellite dishes, has decided to liquidate its embattled manufacturing segment, Ellies Industries, with 148 jobs to be lost. Source: Latest News
SowetanLive reports that the Public Servants Association (PSA) and the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) have rejected the appointment of an interim CEO at Tembisa Hospital. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that in a development that could lead to huge job losses and food inflation, SA’s commercial farmers have threatened to close all labour intensive divisions and switch to mechanisation to produce food. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the Western Cape High Court has dismissed an application by the school governing body (SGB) of Paarlzicht Primary in Paarl in which it sought to set aside the appointment of Gareth Duraan as school principal. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a motorist was killed and several police vehicles were damaged on Friday when hundreds of people rioted over the closure of a mine co-owned by Patrice Motsepe. Source: Latest News
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 12 February 2021. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that some nurses and unions have taken a stand against Covid-19 vaccinations. Healthcare workers will be the first to receive the vaccinations. However, nurses say the government is trying to make them into guinea pigs because there is still uncertainty about how the vaccine will affect people. Source:...
SowetanLive reports that an employee at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s cattle farm is taking the fight to get his job back to the CCMA after he was fired for missing work for two days when he took ill. Source: Latest News
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