News24 reports that Employment and Labour Deputy Minister Boitumelo Moloi has been hospitalised with Covid-19.  She was hospitalised on Tuesday and received a positive result on Wednesday, Cabinet spokesperson Phumla Williams advised on Sunday.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that the government’s monopoly on the buying and distribution of Covid-19 vaccines is to be challenged in court by trade union Solidarity and NGO AfriForum.  They have instructed their legal team to prepare a case for such a challenge.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that according to the Presidency, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson, Khusela Diko, is to face an internal disciplinary process after failing to disclose her financial interests.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that according to unions, the government will know at the latest in February what public sector workers’ demands are for the next round of wage negotiations.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Office of the Premier in Limpopo has been ordered to pay the equivalent of 12 months’ salary to an employee who was overlooked for a senior position in favour of a candidate who apparently misrepresented his academic qualifications.   Source: Latest News

The Witness reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) joined others on 4 January 2021 in expressing sadness at news of the death of the president of the National Teachers’ Union (Natu), Allen Thompson.   Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that the Airline Pilots’ Association SA (Alpa-SA) has launched an urgent process to interdict the SA Airways (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) from continuing with a lockout of its members.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) general secretary David Sipunzi has died.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that the SA Revenue Service (Sars) will be instituting a two week lockdown of its offices due to concerns over the rise in Covid-19 cases.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that a 56-year-old senior police officer from the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Provincial Anti-Corruption unit is scheduled to appear on Wednesday in the Durban Specialised Commercial Crime Court for corruption over an alleged R5,000 Christmas bribe.   Source: Latest News