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Independent News reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has reiterated that the public purse is under pressure from the growing number of unemployed people. Source: Latest News
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Tsakani Maluleke on track to become SA’s first female Auditor-General
BL Premium reports that Deputy Auditor-General Tsakani Maluleke is tipped to become the first female head of the chapter 9 institution after being unanimously recommended for the job by a parliamentary ad hoc committee. Source: Latest News
NUM prepares for protected wage strike at Assmang Operations, in the Northern Cape
Mining Weekly reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has declared a wage dispute with Assmang Operations, in the Northern Cape, after it was unable to reach a wage increase agreement with the iron-ore and manganese miner. Source: Latest News
SIU guns for correctional services CFO over PPE tenders worth more than R50m
TimesLIVE reports that Nick Ligege, CFO of the Department of Correctional Services, is being investigated by the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) for allegedly awarding personal protective equipment (PPE) tenders worth more than R50m to 23 companies linked “to (his) friends and family members”. Source: Latest News
SABC newsroom broken, depleted and demoralised, editorial staff forum tells MPs
TimesLive reports that according to the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) editorial staff forum, bosses at the public broadcaster are presiding over a “broken, depleted and demoralised newsroom”. Source: Latest News
Covid-hit workers face accelerated destruction of old economy jobs, but less than 30% of South Africans have digital skills
BL Premium reports that a new study shows that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the changing nature of work, with growing automation set to disrupt 85-million jobs globally in the coming five years, deepening existing labour market inequalities and hastening the pace of job destruction. Source: Latest News
Hawks expected to make arrest on Thursday in connection to Covid-19 corruption
The Citizen reports that according to the head of the Hawks, Lieutenant-General Godfrey Lebeya, the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI) is set to make an arrest on Thursday in relation to Covid-19 corruption. Source: Latest News
Transnet board members behind R17m payout to Siyabonga Gama upon his reinstatement may face civil claims
TimesLIVE reports that state capture commission chairman Raymond Zondo said on Monday that he might consider recommending to President Cyril Ramaphosa that the government institute civil claims against all Transnet board members who supported a R17m settlement to Siyabonga Gama. Source: Latest News
uMfolozi mayor accused by IFP Youth Brigade of siphoning off R100,000 for studies at University of Zululand
ANA reports that the IFP Youth Brigade (IFPYB) has accused the mayor of uMfolozi municipality in KwaZulu-Natal, Smangaliso Mgenge, of channelling R100,000 into his private account to pay for his studies at the University of Zululand. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 20 October 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 20 October 2020. Source: Latest News