GroundUp reports that five contract workers at an Emalahleni mine who were suspended from work and threatened with disciplinary action because they joined in with other workers seeking permanent jobs in a CCMA case have been reinstated by the Labour Court.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that Advocate Doctor Mashabane has been appointed as the new director-general of the Department of Justice and Constitutional Deverlopment. His appointment was announced following a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that according to a new report, SA’s alcohol industry is estimated to have lost R36.3 billion in retail sales revenues in the on-again off-again liquor bans between 2020, when the lockdown began, and when the latest one ended this month.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that Gauteng’s Department of Health (DOH) advised on Thursday that more than 50 intern and community service doctors who were not paid salaries for January would get their money by 22 February.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that the Cabinet has approved the extension of the national state of disaster until 15 March.  Next month will be one year since the national state of disaster was first implemented in SA.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that a construction worker was killed on Wednesday when a structure at a residence in Boskruin, north of Johannesburg, collapsed on him.   Source: Latest News

The Star writes that the gloves are off between suspended Tembisa Hospital chief executive Dr Lekopane Mogaladi and the Gauteng Department of Health (DOH).   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that the recently appointed CFO of the National Treasury, Priya Lutchman, was selected for the position in December despite her having been suspended from the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture & Recreation (DSAC&R) for tender irregularities.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Department of Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has hiked farm and domestic workers’ wages by double-digit figures, despite protestations from the business sector that the increases will lead to a jobs bloodbath.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday that SA’s stock of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine would be swapped out, and phase 1 of the country’s vaccination plan would commence with the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine.   Source: Latest News