Business Report writes that mobile communications company Vodacom Group announced on Tuesday that all its employees, regardless of their gender and sexual orientation, would be offered 16 weeks (four months) of fully paid parental leave.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that fifteen more suspects joined 16 accused, who had their court date in June, for involvement in an elaborate scam to defraud the SA Police Service (SAPS) in a R56m procurement deal.   Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that according to the National Employers Association of SA (Neasa), the national minimum wage (NMW) should be frozen until SA was over the financial crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has launched a district model-type unemployed database for youth, professionals and artisans throughout SA.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) commissioner Teboho Maruping has been placed on precautionary suspension following a probe by the Auditor-General (AG) into the Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), which is administered by the UIF.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that three high school teachers were scheduled to appear in the Ermelo Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday after being arrested for allegedly assaulting four pupils between the ages of 17 and 21 at their school in Breyton.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) and Germany’s KfW Development Bank have signed an agreement to establish the first in-service skills development centre for technical vocational education and training (TVET) lecturers at the Ekurhuleni East College.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that the 19 employer associations affiliated to the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) and the metals and engineering sector’s five trade unions on Tuesday formally adopted the 2020 to 2021 standstill main agreement concluded in August.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that in the view of Dr Patrice Motsepe, executive chairperson of African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), the private sector worldwide is the engine for job creation, in partnership with trade union organisations, government and communities, and SA must link its tax legislation to job creation.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) made a net loss of R925m in the first quarter of the 2020/2021 fiscal year, almost equalling the total from the previous full financial year.   Source: Latest News