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BusinessLive reports that Cricket SA (CSA) has clarified comments attributed to acting CEO Kugandrie Govender that the organisation planned to hire only black consultants in an attempt to speed up transformation. Source: Latest News
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Sanef condemns harassment of eNCA journalists by EFF supporters at Clicks protest
News24 reports that the SA National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has condemned “abusive and intimidatory behaviour” toward an eNCA news team covering EFF protest action at a Clicks store in Goodwood Mall in Cape Town on Monday morning. Source: Latest News
Struggling Msunduzi Municipality slammed for spending exorbitant amounts on bodyguards for councillors
The Mercury reports that the national Portfolio Committee on Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) has taken the Msunduzi Municipality to task for spending exorbitant amounts on security and bodyguards for councillors. Source: Latest News
Strong call for police training on gender-based violence matters
Sunday Independent highlights the plight of Elizabeth Mine, who can’t find peace and closure ever since her daughter’s death because her murder has allegedly “never been investigated” by the police. Source: Latest News
Prasa slammed by City for neglecting Cape Town's busiest train line
Cape Argus reports that the City of Cape Town’s transport portfolio committee has slammed the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for failing to get the Central Line up and running, claiming that the agency has completely neglected the busiest line in Cape Town, even before the Covid-19 pandemic occurred. ...
Former Eskom CEO tells Zondo inquiry he was fired to make way for Brian Molefe
BusinessLive reports that five years after leaving Eskom, Tshediso Matona is still in the dark about the precise reason he was ousted after serving as the power utility’s CEO for only five months. Source: Latest News
Clicks obtains court order barring EFF members from intimidating the retailers staff, customers
TimesLIVE reports that Clicks has attained a court order preventing the EFF and its members from disrupting its operations. The order follows damage to some of the retailer’s stores by EFF members unhappy about a hair product advertisement that they deemed as demeaning to black people. Source: Latest News
Numsa and Comair reach deal on payment of medical aid contributions, with talks on unpaid wages to be held on Tuesday
BusinessLive reports that the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) for airline operator Comair have yielded to union demands and have agreed to continue paying their employees’ medical aid contributions, but the parties have yet to decide on the critical issue of unpaid wages. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Monday, 7 September 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 7 September 2020. Source: Latest News
Security function now top priority, says Prasa’s CEO
Engineering News reports that Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) CEO Nosipho Damasane says that Covid-19 has given the state-owned rail entity the opportunity to “stop and think” about its service offering and the way forward. Source: Latest News