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Government departments have commenced with initiatives to roll-out job creation initiatives
Engineering News reports that various government departments have commenced with the roll-out of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to protect and create jobs as part of his emergency relief package that has been mobilised in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
National minimum wage hotline inundated with complaints
Independent News reports that the Department of Employment and Labour’s (DEL’s) national minimum wage hotline received about 178,000 complaints over the six months since it was introduced. Source: Latest News
Government Employees Pension Fund takes R243bn hit from Covid-19 and credit downgrades
BL Premium reports that SA’s sluggish economy and the Covid-19 outbreak and associated lockdowns had a devastating effect on the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF). Source: Latest News
As SABC posts yet another loss, workers protest against ‘unfair’ restructuring
BL Premium reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) loss-making streak shows no sign of ending with the embattled public broadcaster reporting a R511m loss for the 2019/2020 financial year. Source: Latest News
CCMA forced to cut back on operations due to R600m budget cut
BL Premium reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) says it will no longer be able to operate at full capacity as a result of its upcoming R617m budget cut. Source: Latest News
Western Cape agriculture department launches R12m support fund for wine tourism workers
Cape Times reports that the Western Cape Department of Agriculture is to provide crucial relief to employees in the local wine tourism sector in the form of a R12 million support fund. Source: Latest News
Staff tell portfolio committee that NSFAS is a nepotist fiefdom
Mail & Guardian reports that bugged offices, staff suspended for a year without being charged, positions created for select people and senior executives made redundant are some of the allegations that have been levelled against Randall Carollissen, the administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Source: Latest News
Taxi driver on the run after knocking down and killing a cop in Khayelitsha on Saturday evening
EWN reports that a taxi driver who allegedly knocked over a policeman in Khayelitsha on Saturday evening is on the run. Source: Latest News
Western Cape government and Prasa sign memorandum of agreement to revive the Central Line
Cape Argus reports that the Western Cape provincial government and the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to revive the Central Line. Source: Latest News