Pretoria News reports that Gautrain employees affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) downed tools on Monday to protest for increased wages.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that about 1.3-million government employees are expected from Monday to embark on a go-slow and conduct lunch-hour pickets, as part of their fight against the government’s non-implementation of wage increases for public servants.   Source: Latest News

In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 2 October 2020. Source: Latest News

The Sunday Independent reports that according to union federation Cosatu, SA’s countrywide personal protective equipment (PPE) tender fraud and corruption, economic mismanagement and maladministration in municipalities are signs that very little has changed since President Cyril Ramaphosa took over.   Source: Latest News

Mail & Guardian reports that Wednesday will see a planned national stayaway, spearheaded by trade union federation Cosatu and endorsed by the Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) and the National Council of Trade Unions (Nactu), which are all represented at Nedlac.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that as it prepared for a wage strike on Monday, Gautrain management said over the weekend that it would be implementing a contingency plan to ensure that train services continued in operation.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Health Minister Zweli Mkhize has defended the government’s expenditure on Cuban doctors, saying their remuneration is actually a “saving” since they are paid less than other specialists with the same skills.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) announced on Friday that soldiers who had been deployed to enforce the Covid-19 national lockdown had returned to barracks as new infections had slowed.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that the government is opposing a bid by trade unions to compel the state to honor a public-service wage deal, warning that the accord would lump the country with R37.8-billion of additional debt.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that a Durban paramedic, who was treating a patient at the scene of an accident, suffered severe injuries when another motorist lost control and crashed into the ambulance he was working in.   Source: Latest News