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BL Premium reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has assembled a team of ministers to look into the torching of trucks, which has cost the economy R2bn. Source: Latest News
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Senwes accused by Solidarity of undermining wage negotiations at grain industry bargaining council
Trade union Solidarity has “strongly condemned” the actions of Senwes during negotiations between trade unions and several employers who form part of the Bargaining Council for the Grain Industry. Source: Latest News
Calls for Diwali to be declared a public holiday
The Citizen reports that Hindu groups are calling for the most important national festival for the religion, Deepavali or Diwali, to be considered for inclusion on the SA calendar as a public holiday in terms of the Public Holidays Act of 1994. Source: Latest News
Protests disrupt, halt operations at cement industry transport companies over non-compliance with bargaining council agreement
Moneyweb reports that the operations of several transport companies have been disrupted – and in some cases halted – by protests led by the SA National Cargo Transport Drivers Association (Sancatdra). Source: Latest News
SA Medical Association probes claims that medical interns pay for posts at preferred hospitals
News24 reports that the SA Medical Association (SAMA) is to investigate allegations that medical interns have been paying for placements at preferred hospitals. In a statement, the association said trading options were being advertised on social media. Source: Latest News
Overcrowded Durban trains ‘posing health risk’
The Citizen reports that while SA continues to endure hundreds of Covid-19 deaths weekly, commuters in Durban say they have no choice but to use overcrowded trains as the cheapest way to get to work. Source: Latest News
Rapist who lured unemployed women with promise of work sentenced to three life terms plus 134 years
News24 reports that the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has sentenced a serial rapist from Kagiso to three life terms and 134 years imprisonment. Percy Matimba Chauke, 36, faced nine counts of rape, six of robbery and one of theft. Source: Latest News
Solidarity warns that flawed junior doctor placement system threatens long-term sustainability of health sector
On Tuesday, trade union Solidarity highlighted the “inefficient and harmful process” by which junior health practitioners were placed for internships. Source: Latest News
Two trucks petrol bombed in Mpumalanga on Tuesday morning
News24 reports that two truck drivers narrowly escaped infernos when their trucks were petrol bombed in Mpumalanga during the early hours of Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News
‘Drivers live in fear every day’, as trucks run the gauntlet of the N3 highway from hell
TimesLIVE reports that the N3, one of SA’s busiest trucking routes, has become the most fearful route for truck drivers. Source: Latest News