Independent News reports that a total of 39 SA Police Service (SAPS) members have had cases relating to gender-based violence (GBV) opened against them – with five of the stations implicated among the 30 GBV hot spots in the country.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a Road Accident Fund (RAF) employee appeared in the Boksburg Magistrate’s Court on Monday on corruption charges after she allegedly requested R4,000 to process claims.   Source: Latest News

Fin24 reports that in an ongoing tussle over looming job cuts at the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), the Broadcast, Electronic Media and Allied Workers’ Union (Bemawu) has accused the public broadcaster of not conducting consultations with staff in compliance with the Labour Relations Act (LRA).   Source: Latest News

Reuters reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) told MPs on Tuesday that its investigators were looking into R10.5-billion of the government’s coronavirus spending for corruption, more than double the amount they had been investigating two months ago.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Standard Bank, SA’s biggest lender by assets, says its loan book remained under strain in its third-quarter to end-September as retrenchment claims picked up.  Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on Monday confirmed that it would be ruling on a complaint it received relating to a race row involving Western Cape teacher Glen Snyman.   Source: Latest News

Business Report writes that activity in SA’s tourism industry continued to decelerate in August, albeit at a slower pace, as it struggled to make gains from the easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions to alert level 2.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize, who announced on Sunday that he and his wife had tested positive for Covid-19, was “fine” and would continue to work from home, his spokesperson, Lwazi Manzi, said on Monday afternoon.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a 36-year-old woman masquerading as a City of Johannesburg official was arrested on Saturday for allegedly stealing 60 hard drives from various workstations at the City’s offices in Braamfontein.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that in the midst of the healthcare crisis brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Gauteng Health Department doesn’t have enough permanent staff in key positions.   Source: Latest News