usinessTech reports that the Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) has published its analysis of Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) and some of its tax implications.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has confirmed that it is planning to carry out a national day of action on 26 November to protest against the government’s decision to freeze public-sector wage increases.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has lamented instances of murder, attempted rape and patients assaulting staff at healthcare facilities.   Source: Latest News

Mail & Guardian reports that a recent Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judgment empowers employers to change their workers’ employment conditions if the further functioning of a company requires this and, should workers refuse the changes, they may be dismissed without severance.   Source: Latest News

Mail & Guardian reports that the ANC’s KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial executive committee has axed Umdoni mayor Thabani Dube and the municipality’s chief whip, Bonginkosi Mngadi, after it discovered that officials claimed “danger pay” for working during SA’s hard Covid-19 lockdown.   Source: Latest News

City Press reports that academics and union leaders at the University of SA (Unisa) are embroiled in rivalry believed to have led to an incident in which senior lecturer Dr Rendani Netanda and two others were allegedly assaulted, hacked and stabbed.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that government has begun talks to regulate the minibus taxi industry, a key economic sector that transports 40% of the population, but whose reputation has been tarnished by lawlessness and a poor safety record.   Source: Latest News

Pretoria News reports that the Passenger Railway Agency of SA (Prasa) is hoping to regain the trust of commuters in Mabopane when limited train services resume on Tuesday.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa is set face the wrath of organised labour following the abrupt cancellation of the UIF’s Covid-19 Temporary Employer/ Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) by his National Coronavirus Command Council (NCCC).   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa), joined by the Portfolio Committee on Employment and Labour, conducted an oversight visit on Friday to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF).   Source: Latest News