BL Premium reports that the national transport department, which is battling the vandalism and looting of SA’s rail infrastructure, says it will reprioritise its already reduced budget allocation to implement an ambitious subsidy scheme for the R5bn taxi industry by April 2021. Source: Latest News
The Star reports that workers at the Mandela House Museum in Soweto are worried about job losses as management has announced that the tourist site will be liquidated to pay off debt. Source: Latest News
HeraldLIVE reports that it is the end of the road for Bridgestone SA’s Port Elizabeth plant and the employment of its 252 workers, with operations winding up and the closure of the plant earmarked for 15 November. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that the government is dragging its feet on the announcement of a decision on the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), despite the uncertainty it has raised in business and labour sectors. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a trade union at SAA Technical (SAAT) is up in arms over a near R1m bonus paid to a departing divisional chief executive officer. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 3 November 2020. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that the South African Policing Union (Sapu) on Tuesday said society needed to take a stand against police killings in the same way it did against other murders. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that Pretoria high court judge Nana Makhubele has urgently gone to court to prevent her suspension on the basis that she was not yet a judge at the time she was alleged to have committed gross misconduct. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that operating without an approved structure since 2006, lack of regular skills audits and irregular appointments have been identified by senior staff members at the Gauteng health department as major catalysts for the continued corruption and incompetence that have plagued the department in recent years. Source: Latest...
News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Education (DoE) has warned residents and schools that people purporting to be BMW human resources personnel have been offering donations to schools and job opportunities to parents of school pupils. Source: Latest News
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