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News24 reports two men have been sentenced to life in prison for their part in the murder of a Limpopo police officer during a robbery in Letlhabile near Brits in June 2017. Source: Latest News
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Body of Kruger Park game ranger found a month after he went missing during a routine patrol
TimesLIVE reports that police have launched an investigation after the remains of a game ranger were found in the Kruger National Park last week. Source: Latest News
Hawks arrest 36 illegal miners, seize AK47s during turf battle in North West town of Stilfontein
TimesLIVE reports that the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) averted a deadly fight between illegal miners in the North West town of Stilfontein on Sunday. Source: Latest News
PetroSA expects to shed about 500 jobs due to “precarious” financial position
TimesLIVE reports that PetroSA has announced that it will likely shed about 500 jobs due to its “precarious” financial position. Source: Latest News
Bleak outlook for jobs despite marginal third-quarter uptick in formal sector jobs
BL Premium reports that Stats SA’s latest quarterly employment statistics (QES) for July-September showed that formal-sector, non-farm jobs increased by 75,000 (0.8%) in the third quarter in comparison with the second quarter, when SA had been in a hard lockdown and those jobs declined 6.4%. Source: Latest News
SAA’s business rescue practitioners send notice to pilots’ association of lockout from Friday
BusinessLive reports that SA Airways’ (SAA’s) joint business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have sent a lockout notice to the airline’s pilots warning they will be excluded from the workplace from Friday until they agree to the terms of a proposed agreement aimed at bringing the state-owned carrier back to profitability. Source:...
Cash-strapped Prasa commits to implementing 5% wage increase on 22 December, backdated to 1 April
BL Premium reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has bowed to pressure from workers by committing to increase their salaries after a union mounted legal action to force the rail operator to implement a multiyear wage agreement agreed to in October. Source: Latest News
Big victory for state as unions lose Labour Appeal Court bid to force implementation of public sector wage increases
BusinessLive reports that the government does not have to pay out increases to public sector workers, after the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) handed it a huge win by declaring the implementation of a disputed collective agreement unlawful. Source: Latest News
Platinum producer Tharisa and three unions reach four-year wage agreement
Mining Weekly reports that platinum group metals and chrome concentrate producer Tharisa has concluded a four-year wage agreement with the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and Solidarity. Source: Latest News
Long queues on Monday at some Durban hospitals where many staff are booked off with Covid-19
TimesLIVE reports that scores of patients, many of whom didn’t observe social distancing, waited outside Durban’s Addington Hospital on Monday. Source: Latest News