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BL Premium reports that SA’s unemployment rate hit a fresh high in the third quarter, with signs emerging that, even as lockdown restrictions eased, the country’s labour market faced permanent damage. Source: Latest News
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Over 1,600 contract invigilators at Unisa face the axe as exams move to online
City Press reports that more than 1,600 contract invigilators at the University of SA (Unisa) face the axe following the university’s decision to shift all examinations online. Source: Latest News
Hundreds of Ipid investigators to be redeployed back to provinces
TimesLIVE reports that in a bid to address a growing workload and to beef up capacity, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) announced on Thursday that it would be redeploying hundreds of investigators across SA. Source: Latest News
Unemployment in third quarter of 2020 at record rate of 30.8%, with SA now having 6.5 million jobless
Fin24 reports that SA’s jobless increased to 6.5 million in the third quarter of the year, according to Statistics SA’s (Stats SA’s) quarterly labour force survey released on Thursday. Source: Latest News
SABC forges ahead with up to 400 job cuts despite objections
BL Premium reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) management stuck to its guns on Wednesday stating that it would proceed with job cuts at the public broadcaster despite objections by the government, MPs and labour unions. Source: Latest News
Dimension Data asks court for postponement of Ngcaba’s R271m ‘corporate racism’ pay case
BusinessLive reports that Andile Ngcaba’s damages claim against Dimension Data (Didata) got off to a wobbly start on Tuesday when the High Court in Johannesburg refused to hear special pleas raised by the IT firm. Source: Latest News
National Assembly adopts motion recognising efforts of farmers and farm workers, rejects EFF's ‘divisive’ motion
News24 reports that the National Assembly adopted a motion on Tuesday that recognises the role of farm workers, farm dwellers and farmers in the agricultural sector, but also that the sector was faced by many challenges. Source: Latest News
Fraud case opened against Western Cape non-profit organisation for illegally getting nearly R5m from Ters scheme
Cape Argus reports that a case of fraud has been opened against a Western Cape non-profit organisation (NPO) for illegally applying for, and receiving, nearly R5 million from the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters). Source: Latest News
Nursing staff go slow at Addington Hospital on Tuesday, but still no end in sight to lift saga
Daily News reports that according to the chairperson of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Health Portfolio Committee, Nomakiki Majola, there was still a long way to go to end the Addington Hospital lift crisis. Source: Latest News
Senior managers at Pietermaritzburg’s Northdale Hospital frog-marched out of building by angry workers
The Mercury reports that senior managers at Northdale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg were humiliated and chased out of the hospital building on Tuesday by angry workers who stormed their offices and wrote threatening messages on the hospital’s walls. Source: Latest News