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Pretoria News reports that the Covid-19 pandemic has led to the closure of the 25-year-old, four-star Leriba Hotel in Centurion. Source: Latest News
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Some progress made on Tshwane benchmarking payments, says Samwu, but no agreement yet
Pretoria News reports that while progress has been made, nothing has been set in stone regarding the impasse between the regional SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and the City of Tshwane administrators over benchmarking payments. Source: Latest News
Presidential Commission Report on 4IR heading to Cabinet
Engineering News reports that the Presidential Commission on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) is set to present its landmark report to Cabinet on recommendations to harness the available 4IR opportunities. Source: Latest News
Numsa vows to fight essential service application in petroleum industry
Fin24 reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) has vowed to fight an application by employers in the petroleum industry to have workers declared essential services employees. Source: Latest News
PPE pricing scandal hits Sedibeng District Municipality
The Star reports that the embattled Sedibeng District Municipality has been rocked by a personal protective equipment (PPE) scandal that has raised allegations of suppliers inflating prices. Source: Latest News
Eskom pension fund pays out R104m in special Covid-19 relief bonuses
BusinessLive reports that the pension fund of state power utility Eskom has paid out R104.3m in special bonuses as part of a Covid-19 relief effort. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Tuesday, 11 August 2020 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 7 August 2020. Source: Latest News
Survey shows nurses battling to cope with Covid-19
City Press reports that inadequately trained, SA’s severely distressed health professionals are living in fear of contracting a deadly virus and then passing it on to their families. Source: Latest News
Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko took a R1.3m pay cut in financial year to end of March
Sunday Independent reports that Telkom chief executive Sipho Maseko took home R1.3 million less during the year to the end of March than the R23m he scored in the previous year. Source: Latest News
Sixteen police officers bust by Hawks in OR Tambo drug sting
News24 reports that sixteen police officers have been arrested by the Hawks for allegedly stealing narcotics confiscated from drug mules at OR Tambo International Airport. Source: Latest News