Moneyweb reports that officials, led by Deputy Auditor-General Tsakani Ratsela, told MPs last week that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) was running out of money, due to having to pay out Covid-19 Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefits. Source: Latest News
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Parktown Boys’ High School principal fired, but family of dead pupil says it’s not enough
TimesLIVE reports that according to the family of Enock Mpianzi, the firing of Parktown Boys’ High School principal Malcolm Williams on Monday was not enough. Source: Latest News
In yet another attack, Cape Town paramedics held up at gunpoint and robbed
TimesLIVE reports that three Cape Town ambulance staff members are receiving trauma counselling and have been booked off work after they were robbed at gunpoint while on their way to pick up patients. Source: Latest News
Nehawu and NSFAS clash over lack of improvement under administrator’s tenure
Cape Argus writes that the battle is on between the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and the administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS). Source: Latest News
Gauteng MPL accuses DA interim provincial leader Solly Msimanga of sexual harassment
Independent News reports that a top Democratic Alliance (DA) Member of the Provincial Legislature (MPL) in Gauteng claims that the party is trying to discredit her after she pressed sexual harassment charges against Solly Msimanga, who is the party’s interim provincial leader. Source: Latest News
Government and public sector unions both want salary increase case expedited
BL Premium reports that the state and public sector unions want the court case dealing with the dispute over the implementation of salary increases for government employees heard directly by the Labour Appeal Court (LAC) so that the case can be expedited. Source: Latest News
Deputy national police commissioner for human resources, Bonang Mgwenya, faces corruption trial in November
BL Premium reports that Lt-Gen Bonang Mgwenya, deputy national commissioner for human resources management at the SA Police Service (SAPS), was arrested in a predawn raid on Monday by the prosecuting authority’s Investigating Directorate (ID). Source: Latest News
Tide starts to turn for mining sector with reversal of job loss trend
Ed Stoddard writes that the decline in SA’s mining sector in recent years was in part rooted in the sector’s history of exploitation, which gave rise to union militancy and the labour and social unrest that has rocked it over the past decade. Source: Latest News
SAA rescue practitioners assessing options of winding down of airline versus liquidation
News24 Wire reports that according to a recent presentation to the African National Congress (ANC), no meaningful progress can be made at SA Airways (SAA) until the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has signed a firm joint venture agreement with an experienced and strategic equity partner. Source: Latest News
Labour market stakeholders urged to comment before 21 October on draft code on gender-based violence
Engineering News reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has urged stakeholders in workplaces to make submissions on the Draft Code of Good Practice on the Prevention and Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work before 21 October. Source: Latest News




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