News24 reports that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Social Development has suspended a number of high-ranking officials and opened criminal cases over the procurement of personal protective equipment (PPE) as well as blankets and soup. Source: Latest News
EWN reports that at Department of Correctional Services (DCS) facilities countrywide, seventy-four staff members and inmates have died from Covid-19 complications. Source: Latest News
GroundUp reports that over 100 workers from various sectors of the economy marched through the streets of Port Elizabeth on Saturday to mark 1 August as a national day for working class action. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that while President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to stem growing public anger over allegations of corruption that are undermining SA’s Covid-19 efforts, labour federation and ANC ally Cosatu has warned that it would part ways with his administration “if corruption is left unchecked and workers are not protected...
BusinessLive reports that JSE Ltd, the operator of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has revamped its family leave policy to give both parents, regardless of gender, four months of paid leave after the birth of a child. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 3 August 2020. Source: Latest News
News24 Wire reports that trade union federation Cosatu has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to act decisively against corruption and “prove that his administration is not a powerless scarecrow with rubber teeth”. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has threatened that its members would stop voting for the ANC if the party’s deployees undermined the union in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
The Star reports that angry health-care workers have blamed shortages of quality personal protective equipment (PPE) for the death of at least eight doctors from Covid-19 in Gauteng public hospitals last week. Source: Latest News
Independent News reports that the Emfuleni Local Municipality’s municipal manager, Lucky Leseane, is under fire for allegedly stalling criminal investigations into senior officials responsible for the irregular expenditure of more than R670-million. Source: Latest News
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