BL Premium reports that the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), which provides short-term relief to workers when they become unemployed or are unable to work, is likely to struggle to fulfil its mandate in future as the Covid-19-induced economic crisis deepens.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that services such as health care and education are expected to be disrupted on Wednesday as public sector workers down tools and stay at home to protest against the government’s failure to implement wage increases.   Source: Latest News

The Sunday Independent reports that teacher unions have warned that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) must have contingency measures in place in case of a possible second Covid-19 wave next year when schools re-open in January.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Tuesday said its Human Resources Committee was working on the appropriate sanctions for workers implicated in a forensic report into governance issues in the sporting organisation.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that South Africans have been warned by trade unions to expect services including transport, schooling, and government departments to be shut down on Wednesday.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that suspended SA Post Office (Sapo) acting CEO Lindiwe Kwele is preparing to return to work after an arbitration process found that her suspension had been procedurally unfair.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that former KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Mmamonnye Ngobeni appeared in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Monday on corruption charges related to police accommodation during the 2010 Fifa World Cup.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that the SA National Defence Force’s (SANDF’s) annual recruitment drives, including for the Special Forces, has hit a snag due to Covid-19.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that social development deputy minister Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu has charged that SA’s police are turning sex work into a money-making scheme and are deliberately arresting sex workers as a ploy to get bribes.   Source: Latest News

Cape Argus reports that Cosatu and the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) picketed outside the Maitland police station on Monday demanding the removal of the station commander who has allegedly been sexually harassing workers.   Source: Latest News