BL Premium reports that the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s (UIF’s) commissioner and other senior managers overseeing government efforts to provide relief to millions of workers who lost income due to the Covid-19 pandemic were suspended on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a senior Mpumalanga government official has been arrested for allegedly being in the country illegally and in possession of fraudulently obtained identity documents. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the future of Comair should be known by 18 September when creditors and shareholders will decide on whether to adopt a business rescue plan tabled on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) department of health has called on its hospitals to enforce stricter screening when taking on medical staff, after another fake medical worker was arrested in the province on Monday. Source: Latest News
BL Premium reports that MPs are still at odds over how to process the tens of thousands of submissions received in response to the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, nine months after the deadline for input closed. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive writes that it is a criminal offence for public servants to conduct business with organs of the state or to be a director of a company conducting business with any organ of the state. But, the number of officials caught doing so seemingly doesn’t scratch the surface of the extent...
BusinessLive reports that the Institute of Race Relations (IRR) is to lodge a complaint with the International Cricket Council (ICC) and register its rejection of Cricket SA’s (CSA’s) plan to hire only black consultants. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. Source: Latest News
SABC News reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is adamant that it will be pushing ahead with retrenchments, but says the process is likely to take longer than expected. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu has released damning findings on Covid-19 relief funding, detailing the extent of the rot surrounding personal protective equipment (PPE) tender procurement processes. Source: Latest News
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