Cape Argus reports that workers in the Early Childhood Development (ECD) sector are pleading for better support from the government due to the overwhelming number of workers who have lost their jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the few who have returned earning less than half their previous salaries.  ...

Independent News reports that undocumented teachers were taken in for questioning on Thursday after Gauteng Education MEC Panyaza Lesufi closed down schools alleged to be operating illegally.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that tax professionals are united in their opposition to a National Treasury proposal to restrict access by emigrants to lump sum benefits from their retirement savings.   Source: Latest News

SowetanLive reports that giving a keynote address during the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union’s (Sadtu’s) virtual 30th celebration, President Cyril Ramaphosa paid tribute to teachers who had braved the dangers and risks posed by the Covid-19 pandemic and returned to classrooms when asked to do so.   Source: Latest News

News24 Wire reports that graphic footage of the bloodied bodies of two police officers and three striking miners, captured by a now retired policeman, were played out in the North West High Court in Mahikeng.   Source: Latest News

Financial Mail writes that the ANC has fallen into a trap set for it by its alliance partner, Cosatu, which put the governing party’s resolve to fight corruption to the test with a proposal to ban politically exposed people from doing business with the state.   Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that many medical aid schemes have announced how much members will pay for their medical cover in 2021 and most of them have limited their increases to around official consumer price inflation.   Source: Latest News

Mining Weekly reports that according to Eskom Group CE André de Ruyter, the state-owned power utility was implementing five urgent and interdependent priorities.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has placed eight officials on precautionary suspension, effective 8 October, following a forensic investigation into contracts alleged to have been irregularly awarded by the department’s Waste Management Bureau (WMB).   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that enormous job losses in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdowns worldwide have propelled unemployment to the top of risks to doing business as identified by business executives.   Source: Latest News