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BL Premium reports that the cash-strapped City of Tshwane is withholding the salaries of nearly a third of its staff pending the completion of a vetting process aimed at removing ghost employees from its payroll. Source: Latest News
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Research reveals that 61% of South Africans lost income due to Covid-19, while fear of unemployment is greater that fear of infection
TimesLIVE reports that five months into the Covid-19 pandemic, financial distress remains a concern among South Africans, with as many as 61% reporting a loss of income. Source: Latest News
Survey reveals that nearly half of Gauteng teachers want to quit over high school violence
TimesLIVE reports that school-based violence has become rampant in Gauteng, resulting in many pupils and teachers experiencing school as an unsafe place. Source: Latest News
Ters relief payments halted, pending investigation by AG into system integrity problems
BusinessLive reports that that payments in terms of the government’s Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), which aims to provide workers affected by the Covid-19 lockdown with much-needed money, has been halted pending an investigation by the auditor-general (AG). Source: Latest News
Cash-strapped Durban commuters relieved that train services have resumed
GroundUp reports that cash-strapped commuters say the resumption of some train routes in Durban has brought them some financial relief. Source: Latest News
Court hears that Durban cop accused of defrauding UIF spent R90,000 on purchase of land
SowetanLive reports that two KwaZulu-Natal police sergeants and another person appeared in the Durban specialised commercial crimes court on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding the UIF’s Covid-19 relief fund of nearly R700,000. Source: Latest News
Suspended public works DG in court bid to suspend disciplinary process on basis that Patricia de Lille gave him 'unlawful instructions'
SowetanLive reports that suspended Department of Public Works director-general Sam Vukela has accused Minister Patricia de Lille of issuing him with “unlawful and unreasonable instructions”, leading to the duo’s fallout. Source: Latest News
Cosatu demands Ramaphosa deal with ANC Covid-19 ‘looters’
BusinessLive reports that Cosatu is demanding that President Cyril Ramaphosa takes action against his ANC colleagues who are looting Covid-19 funds. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 25 August 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 25 August 2020. Source: Latest News
Eight injured as buses stoned in Atlantis on Tuesday morning
News24 Wire reports that eight people were injured when six Sibanye buses were stoned in the Witsand area of Atlantis in the Western Cape on Tuesday morning. Source: Latest News