BL Premium reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) says in a court application that the decision by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) to order matric pupils to rewrite two leaked matric examination papers is unlawful and must be interdicted. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 9 December 2020. Source: SA Labour News
The Citizen reports that the Pretoria Regional Court on Wednesday sentenced Major-General Solomon Lazarus to 10 years behind bars in the “abuse of the Secret Service slush fund” case involving former senior crime intelligence personnel. Source: SA Labour News
EWN reports that there have been 68 attacks on medical emergency officials across the Western Cape this year, which is a marked increase from last year when 20 incidents were recorded. Source: SA Labour News
Independent News reports that on Wednesday Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke released the updated findings on the second audit of Covid-19 relief funds. Source: SA Labour News
BL Premium reports that on Tuesday business, labour and the government kicked Eskom’s R488bn debt problem down the road as they signed a framework agreement detailing a set of broad rescue measures to stabilise the power utility. Source: SA Labour News
Fin24 reports that headline consumer price inflation slowed to 3.2% year-on-year in November from 3.3% in October, data from Statistics SA showed on Wednesday. Source: SA Labour News
News24 reports that the performance agreements President Cyril Ramaphosa entered into with each minister have all been signed and are available for public perusal. Source: SA Labour News
News24 reports that two police commanders at the Eastern Cape police head office in King William’s Town have died on the same day of Covid-19. Source: SA Labour News
TimesLIVE reports that the Aurora Empowerment liquidators have approached the High Court in Pretoria in an effort to force lawyer John Walker to disclose how much has been collected from Aurora’s debtors, including the directors who were sequestrated. Source: Latest News
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