BL Premium reports that according to SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) board chair Bongumusa Makhathini, job cuts were unavoidable if the public broadcaster was to avert a collapse similar to national carrier SAA or state-owned arms maker Denel. Source: Latest News
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More budget cuts will kill us, CCMA warns MPs
BL Premium reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has taken steps to cut costs by suspending the services of 40% of commissioners and closing its doors to walk-ins from the public. Source: Latest News
Port Elizabeth health workers sing derogatory song and level insults at Health Minister Zweli Mkhize
TimesLIVE reports that dozens of health care workers braved the rain to protest outside Livingstone Hospital in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday, demanding to meet Health Minister Zweli Mkhize. Source: Latest News
NGOs lose bid for interdict against FSCA recruitment process, with judge saying that transparency is not a one-size-fits-all concept
BL Premium reports that civil society organisations have lost their bid to urgently interdict the selection of a new leadership team at the Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA). They had sought to halt recruitment proceedings until the media and public were permitted access. Source: Latest News
Annual report reveals the average salary for an SABC staffer was R791,000 per annum for 2019/20
Independent News reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) annual report shows that the public broadcaster spent more than R2.35 billion paying the salaries of 2,979 employees at an average salary of R791,000 per person during the 2019/20 financial year. Source: Latest News
Sasol directors to take 20% pay cut because of bad performance
Fin24 reports that the fees of Sasol’s directors will be slashed by 20%, the company said on Wednesday, in anticipation of shareholders disapproving a resolution on executive remuneration at the petrochemical group’s upcoming annual general meeting. Source: Latest News
SABC retrenchments still on, notwithstanding ‘withdrawal’ of notices on Tuesday afternoon
Independent News reports that more than 400 jobs are back on the line at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) after a short-lived victory that saw the public broadcaster’s group executive for news withdraw retrenchment notices late on Tuesday afternoon. Source: Latest News
Eighteen bogus doctors nabbed since start of the year, ten of them foreign nationals
The Star reports that the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) identified 18 bogus doctors since the beginning of the year, had them arrested and shut down their surgeries. Ten were men and eight women. Source: Latest News
Numsa’s court application could put Comair rescue at stake, warns Solidarity
News24 reports that whether Comair’s kulula.com and British Airways brands will be able to start operating again as from 1 December might be impacted by an urgent Labour Court application by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) on Thursday. Source: Latest News
SABC news staff confront bosses on Tuesday over retrenchments, with some refusing to go on air
TimesLIVE reports that SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) news employees at Auckland Park embarked on a go-slow on Tuesday, with some allegedly refusing to go on air as a heated meeting erupted over looming retrenchments. Source: Latest News




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