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News24 reports that according to the Department of Basic Education (DBE), it’s all systems go for the reopening of schools on Monday, with health and safety to be a priority as the fight against Covid-19 transmissions continues. Source: Latest News
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Obligatory Covid-19 vaccine jabs at workplaces debated by employers
Business Times writes that business owners in SA, crippled by Covid-19 lockdowns and desperate to protect their dwindling operations, face a growing dilemma over vaccination policies in the workplace. Source: Latest News
D-day for first vaccinations to healthcare workers is Wednesday
BL Premium reports that SA’s regulators have given Johnson and Johnson’s (J&J’s) Covid-19 vaccine the green light for a phase 3b trial in healthcare workers, paving the way for the government to begin dispensing shots to healthcare workers on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Survey by teacher unions indicates improvement in schools’ readiness to open amid Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that a survey by SA’s five teacher unions shows that significant progress has been made over the past month to prepare for the opening of schools on Monday. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa extends Ters benefit for sectors not able to operate, as well as special Covid-19 social relief grant
BL Premium reports that after months of discussions and debate over continued social and economic relief, President Cyril Ramaphosa advised on Thursday in his state of the nation address that the government would extend the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) until 15 March 2021 for those sectors that had not...
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 11 February 2021
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 11 February 2021. Source: Latest News
Brain drain a threat to economic recovery, RMB boss warns
BL Premium reports that according to the boss of Rand Merchant Bank, James Formby, SA is facing a skills shortage that, if left unchecked, could hold back any prospects of an economic recovery. Source: Latest News
Treasury pays R67m a year to license an integrated HR and financial management system that’s not in use
BL Premium reports that the Treasury’s bungled project to establish an integrated financial management system (IFMS) continues to sully its report card from the Auditor-General (AG) and was responsible for R207m in irregular, fruitless and wasteful expenditure in the 2019/2020 financial year. Source: Latest News
Outrage that ‘sex pest’ teacher fired in 2014 has resurfaced as acting principal at private school
The Star reports that outrage has erupted in Kagiso over the appointment as acting principal of the John Martin Catholic School of a man who was apparently dismissed by the Gauteng Education Department (GDE) for sexually assaulting and harassing learners at another school in 2014. Source: Latest News
Samwu members in Nelson Mandela Bay on strike over R7,000 Covid compensation allowance
GroundUp reports that SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) strikers strewed rubbish and emptied bins in busy Market Street, Uitenhage, on Wednesday on the second day of a strike over pay. Source: Latest News