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SANDF halts all intakes for 2021-2022
The Citizen reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) announced this week that no new intakes for the annual 2021-2022 Military Skills Development System (MSDS) would be accepted. Source: Latest News
Future of Ramaphosa’s public jobs scheme in doubt as concerns grow it won’t be funded in the budget
BL Premium reports that the future of the presidential public employment programme, which promised to put 700,000 people into temporary jobs over six months as a major part of the Covid-19 economic stimulus package, is uncertain as concerns grow that it won’t be funded in the budget. Source: Latest News
Five police officers arrested in Limpopo for petrol cards fraud
SowetanLive reports that the Hawks have arrested five police officers for fraud and theft of fuel allegedly through use of state fleet cards. Source: Latest News
Call to prioritise people with disabilities during Phase 2 of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
Cape Argus reports that disability rights and advocacy groups have raised several concerns over the Covid-19 vaccine rollout and nationwide strategy, particularly for persons with disabilities. Source: Latest News
Public Servants Association questions PIC stability after the exodus of several board members
Business Report writes that the Public Servants Association (PSA) is extremely concerned about the Public Investment Corporation’s (PIC’s) stability amid recent media reports on the exodus of several of its board members. Source: Latest News
Mandatory audit firm rotation should happen every five years, says Cosatu
Moneyweb reports that according to Cosatu, reducing the mandatory audit firm rotation period from 10 years to five and entrenching it into law will be a critical tool in safeguarding against corruption in the public and private sector. Source: Latest News
Families of Lily Mine victims speak of endless police harassment, death threats
The Citizen reports that families of the deceased miners whose bodies are still trapped underground at Lily Mine have braved severe harassment in the last 650 days of camping outside the shaft as they hopelessly wait for their relatives to be retrieved. Source: Latest News
Growing criticism with executive pay in SA, but shareholders don’t always indicate what’s at fault
BL Premium writes that Astral Foods, SA’s biggest poultry producer, was right to question shareholders for them inexplicably voting down the company’s 2021 remuneration policy, as the new policy corrected gripes they had a year before. Source: Latest News
Successful union campaign in Western Cape means that hospital cleaners will be among the first to receive Covid-19 vaccine
Cape Argus reports that hospital cleaners will be among the first health-care workers to get inoculated when the Covid-19 vaccine is rolled out, partly as a result of a union campaign. Source: Latest News