ANA reports that disgruntled employees of the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), dubbed the ‘SABC Section 192 Movement’, have planned a silent protest against the state broadcaster’s announcement that it would be retrenching 400 employees.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and other unions have accused certain security companies of illegally withholding the salary increases of its members and have called on the Treasury not to approve contracts in respect of those companies.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that in two separate operations last week, ten ‘zama zamas’ were arrested in Rustenburg for illegal mining.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Pravin Gordhan told MPs last week that the restructuring costs for SA Airways (SAA) amounted to R14bn and not the R10.5bn that had previously been cited by business rescue practitioners (BRPs).   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that deputy national police commissioner Lt-Gen Bonang Mgwenya, who is facing corruption and fraud charges in the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court, has been fired.   Source: Latest News

BusinessTech reports that Statistics SA (Stats SA) on Thursday published its Quarterly Labour Force Survey for the third quarter of 2020, showing the extent to which the country’s employment market has begun to recover after the peak of coronavirus lockdown.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that even with alcohol sales returning to normal, the Restaurant Association of SA (Rasa) warned that businesses were still trying to keep their heads above water.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that a third of doctors in SA have suffered verbal or physical abuse from patients, their relatives or members of the public during the Covid-19 pandemic.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that tourism industry stakeholders said on Thursday that the decision to lift international travel restrictions, ahead of the festive season, would help the R400bn sector recover from the Covid-19 lockdown and instill confidence that SA was a safe destination to travel to.   Source: Latest News

BusinessTech reports that labour federation Cosatu has welcomed the extension of government’s R350 Covid-19 unemployment grant, but says that the funding should be extended into a more permanent form of support.   Source: Latest News