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BL Premium reports that public sector trade unions have taken their fight over wage increases to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) in a last-ditch effort to ensure the state does not get out of a collective agreement. Source: Latest News
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SA’s mining industry prepares for R300m Covid-19 vaccine rollout effort
Reuters reports that SA’s mining industry estimates it will cost around R300-million to help the government roll out Covid-19 vaccines to mineworkers and community members. Source: Latest News
Danger ahead for employment in hotels, restaurants and business services
Financial Mail reports that the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) is alarmed by the prolonged downward trajectory in employment in hotels, restaurants and business services, which are all sectors that are highly employment intensive. Source: Latest News
Exasperated IMF repeats advice for fixing broken SA economy
BL Premium reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has again reiterated the importance of addressing SA’s fiscal trajectory and promoting private sector-led investment in driving economic growth and employment. Source: Latest News
Beauty therapist unfairly dismissed after inquiring about her Ters benefits wins her case
SowetanLive reports that a beauty therapist who was unfairly dismissed from a spa in Johannesburg has won her case at the bargaining council. Source: Latest News
Wine industry body Vinpro argues that provinces should set booze rules
BL Premium reports that Vinpro, the wine industry body that is taking the government to court over the liquor sales ban, which it says threatens a key sector of the Western Cape economy, has argued that provincial authorities should have the power to make alcohol regulations under the national state...
Sports minister tells interim CSA board to fire chair Zak Yacoob after tirade against journalist
BusinessLive reports that Sports Minister Nathi Mthethwa has told the Cricket SA (CSA) interim board that its chair, retired judge Zak Yacoob, must go. Source: Latest News
Court case by Numsa and Sacca against SAA could jeopardise business rescue, says DPE
Moneyweb reports that the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) says the bid by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) to get SA Airways (SAA) to pay salaries to their members could put the airline’s business rescue process in jeopardy. Source: Latest...
Mkhize announces that first batch of 1-million Covid-19 vaccines to arrive in SA on 1 February
TimesLIVE reports that Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize announced on Wednesday night that the plane carrying SA’s first batch of Covid-19 vaccines would arrive in the country on 1 February. Source: Latest News
Ministers table ‘alternative proposals’ to SABC retrenchments; unions and management tight-lipped about details
BL Premium reports that on Wednesday the government moved to avert imminent retrenchments at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), suggesting a number of alternatives it said could bring an amicable solution to the dispute between employees and management. Source: Latest News