Thomson Reuters Foundation reports that from a women-only driving school to an all-female taxi service — a SA activist-turned-entrepreneur is tackling high rates of sexual assault by providing safe transport in one of the country’s most crime-ridden areas. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that a Western Cape table grape farmer is hoping a removable seat and roll bar canopy will make it safer to transport farm workers on the back of a truck. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) advised on Saturday that six matric markers had died of Covid-related complications, while 308 had tested positive at marking centres and had been sent home. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that Neal Froneman, CEO of precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater, has announced the “tragic passing” of its South African gold operations executive VP Shadwick Bessit, who succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on 16 January. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that labour federation Cosatu says that Eskom cannot blame coronavirus for failing to meet its obligation to supply power to the country. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that after insisting that classroom education would take place in its schools, Curro, SA’s largest private education provider, made a U-turn on Monday, saying it would now provide online learning until 15 February. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that operations at Macsteel Service Centres SA, one of SA’s leading suppliers of steel, almost ground to a halt on Monday after workers downed tools demanding the reinstatement of 99 colleagues retrenched in December. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that the Minerals Council SA (MCSA), which was previously called the Chamber of Mines, has pledged its support for government’s vaccine roll-out programme, stating that access to an effective Covid-19 vaccine would help reopen the economy and save lives and livelihoods. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) has expressed its “dismay” following the death of a mineworker and the injury of another, reportedly at Harmony Gold’s Bambanani shaft, in the Free State, on 13 January. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that the SA Post Office’s (Sapo’s) CFO, Khathutshelo Ramukumba, has resigned from the state-owned entity after three months in the role, deepening leadership instability at the embattled organisation. Source: Latest News
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