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Supreme Court lambasts KZN judge for taking four years to rule on ‘riot’ damages case relating to Numsa
GroundUp reports that the Supreme Court of Appeal has lambasted a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) judge for taking four years to deliver a judgment involving a civil claim for damages emanating from a strike. Source: Latest News
Police's national crime intelligence division in crisis after suspensions of five more senior cops
News24 reports that the police’s national Crime Intelligence (CI) division has been plunged deeper into a leadership crisis with the suspensions of five high-ranking officers on Wednesday and Thursday. Source: Latest News
Three injured in Germiston factory 'explosion' on Wednesday
TimesLIVE reports that according to paramedic service ER24, three people were injured in an “explosion” at a Germiston factory on Wednesday afternoon. Source: Latest News
SIU still probing Ters issues that led to suspension of top UIF officials
EWN reports that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) on Wednesday said that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) was still looking into the issues that led to the suspension of the entity’s top executives in September. Source: Latest News
Another two mining fatalities brings SA’s 2020 total to 58 deaths so far
Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (Amcu) has lamented another two mine fatalities, one at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Rowland shaft, in the North West, and another at the Blyvoor gold mine, on the West Rand. Source: Latest News
Killer sentenced to eight years in jail for murder of off-duty Cape Town cop in 2013
News24 reports that the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) has secured the conviction and sentencing of a cop killer for a murder in 2013. Source: Latest News
Covid-19 relief funds efforts hampered by weaknesses in state systems, says auditor-general
BL Premium reports that according to newly appointed auditor-general Tsakani Maluleke, if it were not for weaknesses in the government’s systems, Covid-19 relief funds would have reached more people, although she also noted that there has been some improvement in the controls. Source: Latest News
Samwu to decide at CEC meeting early in 2021 whether or not to support ANC in local government elections
BL Premium reports that the SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has threatened to withdraw its support for the ANC in 2021’s local government elections. Source: Latest News
Moves finally made to fill top Treasury posts, but overall vacancy rate at senior management level still high
BL Premium reports that in a sign that the government is finally moving to fill key positions and address concerns about capacity at the National Treasury, it has made two permanent leadership appointments in recent weeks. Source: Latest News