City Press reports that major role-players in the country’s hospitality industry have joined hands to plead with government to reopen the economy as thousands of jobs are at risk and businesses are closing down.   Source: Latest News

City Press reports that two senior officials in the department of planning, monitoring and evaluation, which is housed in the Presidency, are under investigation for having allegedly been appointed in violation of public service regulations.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga are due to meet later this week over allegations of fraud and corruption in the acquisition of personal protective equipment (PPEs) and the safety of teachers and learners at schools.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that the Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) has moved swiftly to freeze the bank account of a businessman accused of looting almost R700,000 from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) that was meant to bring relief to more than 150 Covid-19-hit workers.   Source: Latest News

City Press writes that a year’s salary award for former Gauteng Hawks head Shadrack Sibiya is not enough and instead he wants his old job back as a major-general and head of the crime-busting unit.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that according to the Department of Employment and Labour’s (DEL’s) Compensation Fund (CF), a total of 2,361 claims for compensation by employees who have been exposed to Covid-19 at work were lodged from 1 April to 13 July.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that trade union Uasa announced on Friday that it would be taking state-owned defence industrial group Denel to the Labour Court over the non-payment of employee salaries.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that three Cape Town law enforcement officers were arrested on Saturday following an alleged house robbery.   Source: Latest News

Saturday Star reports that more than 9,000 police officers and civilian employees, comprising 4.6% of the total workforce of the SA Police Service (SAPS), have contracted Covid-19.   Source: Latest News

Sunday Times reports that according to the Department of Public Service & Administration (DPSA), more than 22,000 public servants have been infected with Covid-19.  This has led to sporadic temporary closures of government offices across SA.   Source: Latest News