TimesLIVE reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board has denied having taken a decision to “charge” group executive of news and current affairs Phathiswa Magopeni for her stance on retrenchments. Source: SA Labour News
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More legal protection needed for whistle-blowers, says NPA head
TimesLIVE reports that Advocate Shamila Batohi, national director of public prosecutions, says that SA needs better protection for whistle-blowers if the country is to win the fight against corruption. Source: SA Labour News
GEPF now backs scandal-plagued PIC
Bloomberg reports that the head of the Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF) is retreating from his predecessor’s threat to withdraw money from the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), as he backs a turnaround at the scandal-plagued asset manager. Source: SA Labour News
GEPF faces five red flags, as it tries to claw back past financial year’s R214.4 billion loss
Moneyweb reports that the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) recently released its annual report for the financial year ended 31 March, 2020, which showed a marked decrease in investment values. Source: SA Labour News
Women in marches in major cities on Friday to protest against gender wage gap
Business Report writes that Women of South Africa (WoSA), a newly-found movement, delivered memoranda to the JSE, the Industrial Development Corporation and the Union Buildings on Friday calling for the gender wage gap to be outlawed by making it a criminal offence in SA to pay women less than men...
Public Service Commission director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana axed after hiring his child's mother
News24 reports that disgraced Public Service Commission (PSC) director-general Dovhani Mamphiswana has been fired after an investigation revealed that he brazenly hired the mother of his child as a director at the entity. Source: SA Labour News
After evasive reply from Gauteng premier, DA vows to fight for report on deadly Bank of Lisbon fire
Independent News reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) in Gauteng has vowed to fight to force Premier David Makhura to release a report on the probe he conducted into the circumstances which led to the deaths of three firefighters after a fire broke out in a government office at the...
Two SAPS members among 11 arrested on Saturday after gun battle in foiled Bryanston heist
TimesLIVE reports that a detective sergeant and a police administration clerk were arrested after a failed heist that ended in a hail of bullets in Bryanston, Johannesburg, on Saturday night. Source: SA Labour News
Jobs bloodbath far from over, warns Alexander Forbes CEO
Fin24 reports that SA’s largest pension funds administrator, Alexander Forbes (AF), says between 3,500 to 4,000 retirement fund members are losing their jobs every month. Source: SA Labour News
Pietermaritzburg drama teacher loses appeal against dismissal for sexually assaulting pupil in a taxi
TimesLIVE reports that a teacher has lost an appeal to overturn his axing for allegedly sexually assaulting a pupil. The Education Labour Relations Council issued its finding against Wonderboy Ngwane last week. Source: SA Labour News




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