The Citizen reports that according to Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) secretary for labour, Luvo Vanyaza, the pending retrenchments of 1,600 employees by Cell C couldn’t have come at a worse time and action must be taken by government, which must also investigate all lockdown-related retrenchments. Source: Latest News
Sowetan reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has given trade unions a final opportunity to make submissions on the looming retrenchment of 600 workers after consultations collapsed on Friday. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that robbers lured two City of Cape Town firefighters into a trap with a hoax fire call on Saturday morning. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that a police officer was seriously injured when robbers shot him in his chest and abdomen, before making off with his service pistol and wallet in Umlazi, Durban. Source: Latest News
Engineering News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured South Africans that the economic recovery plan he presented last week will protect jobs in vulnerable sectors that have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a Gauteng traffic officer was shot when he tried to pull over the driver of a vehicle who ran a red light in Alberton on Friday. Source: Latest News
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 16 October 2020. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that Telkom IT subsidiary BCX is contemplating the dismissal of employees as part of its new organisational structure. Source: Latest News
Business Times writes that economists and business leaders have cautioned that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic recovery and reconstruction plan is overly focused on short-term public employment creation, with not enough to stimulate job creation by the private sector. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that discussions are underway about extending the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters). Source: Latest News
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