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Bloomberg reports that according to an industry body of fund managers and insurers, the government is unlikely to force retirement funds to plough money into specific companies or projects. Source: Latest News
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Study commissioned for ANC MPs urges that SAA be partnered with Ethiopian Airlines
Bloomberg reports that according to a study commissioned for ANC MPs, SA should act to preserve South African Airways (SAA) and partner the carrier with Ethiopian Airlines Group. Source: Latest News
Cosatu asks workers to stay home on Wednesday for nationwide strike rather than congregate in the streets
Fin24 reports that the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) will hold a national “stayaway strike” on Wednesday in protest against corruption, retrenchments and unemployment, gender-based violence and attacks on collective bargaining. Source: Latest News
Suspended Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku to know his fate by Friday
TimesLIVE reports that the fate of Gauteng health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku will be known by Friday at the latest, the provincial government confirmed on Monday. Source: Latest News
Ethiopian Airlines limits SAA joint venture offer to pilots and jets, excludes legacy issues such as labour claims
Bloomberg reports that Africa’s biggest airline, Ethiopian Airlines, is willing to provide operational assistance in the form of aeroplanes, pilots and maintenance services to beleaguered rival SA Airways (SAA) as part of a joint venture with the government. Source: Latest News
Gautrain willing to return to wage talks to end strike by Numsa members
BL Premium reports that the Gautrain management is willing to return to the negotiating table to end the wage deadlock after members of the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) embarked on an indefinite strike over higher salaries on Monday. Source: Latest News
Analysts warn that Wednesday’s national strike will cripple an already frail economy
BL Premium reports that analysts say that the planned strike by a coalition of trade union federations on Wednesday is ill-advised and has the potential to further cripple SA’s already strained economy. Source: Latest News
Corruption is an epidemic in SA’s health sector, says SIU head Andy Mothibi
BusinessLive reports that according to the head of the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), advocate Andy Mothibi, corruption has always been rife in the health sector and Covid-19 just hoisted the flag. He was speaking during a webinar on the Health Sector Anti-Corruption Forum (HSACF) on Sunday. Source: Latest News
Wednesday’s strike is not against ANC, says Cosatu
The Citizen reports that according to Cosatu’s first deputy president Mike Shingange, the trade union federation’s planned national strike on Wednesday was not against the ANC and the tripartite alliance. Source: Latest News
Night vigils on eve of Wednesday's national strike announced by Saftu
EWN reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has announced its rolling mass-action plans throughout this month and November, starting with night vigils on the eve of Wednesday’s national strike. Source: Latest News