News24 reports that disciplinary action over possible fraud against a teacher who identified as African on a job application, when previous documentation had him identified as Coloured, has been withdrawn by the Western Cape Education Department. Source: Latest News
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Samwu calls on municipalities that applied for exemptions to pay July salary increases ‘with interest’
The Citizen reports that the City of Ekurhuleni and the Amathole District Municipality have been directed by the SA Local Government Bargaining Council (Salgbc) to pay salary increases to workers after exemption applications were turned down. Source: Latest News
Health Minister says SA will push ahead with NHI as country emerges from pandemic
TimesLIVE reports that as SA emerges from the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has promised an aggressive “catch-up” drive to restore community health services and persuade people to seek health care. Source: Latest News
Numsa’s wage strike at Gautrain over after agreement reached
TimesLIVE reports that Gautrain is set to resume full operations this week after reaching an agreement with the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), whose members had been on strike for nearly two weeks. Source: Latest News
National taxi meeting hangs in the balance over NTA’s unresolved grievances
BL Premium reports that a much-anticipated national meeting of the taxi industry is hanging in the balance after SA’s second-largest taxi organisation, the National Taxi Alliance (NTA), threatened to pull out and demanded that the government should first addresses its outstanding grievances. Source: Latest News
Cricket players worried about their livelihoods if crisis at Cricket SA is not resolved by board resigning
BusinessLive reports that the SA Cricketers’ Association (Saca) is incensed with Cricket SA (CSA)‚ with Saca CEO Andrew Breetzke maintaining that the continued existence of the embattled organisation’s crippled board was doing the game in SA more harm than good. Source: Latest News
Striking workers call for boycott of Clover SA products
GroundUp reports that according to the General Industrial Workers Union of SA (Giwusa), about 2,000 workers have been on indefinite strike at Clover SA nationwide since Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Special Investigating Unit red-flags more than 5,000 Eskom staff members
BL Premium reports that the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has referred more than 5,000 Eskom employees for disciplinary action and investigation for offences ranging from the failure to declare their interests, to doing business with Eskom and leading suspicious lifestyles. Source: Latest News
Clover workers plan to strike over wage increase dispute
ANA reports that the General Industrial Workers Union of SA (Giwusa) on Monday announced that it would be embarking on a national strike against Clover over a wage dispute. The union also called for the boycott of the dairy manufacturer’s products. Source: Latest News
'Coloured' teacher on fraud charge for claiming to be 'African' in application for principal's job at Western Cape school
TimesLIVE reports that a Western Cape teacher has been summoned to a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday for claiming to be “African” in his CV, instead of sticking with his “official” coloured identity. Source: Latest News




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