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BL Premium reports that the government has decided to extend its Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) for an extra month-and-a-half until 15 August. Source: Latest News
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At least seven police stations countrywide temporarily closed to due to Covid-19
TimesLIVE reported on Tuesday that at least seven police stations around the country had been temporarily closed for decontamination due to Covid-19 cases. Source: Latest News
Two years after landmark silicosis settlement, no ex-miner has yet been paid compensation
GroundUp reports that an advocacy group for ex-miners who suffered debilitating lung impairment while working on SA’s mines has expressed concern at the slow progress of the trust that is responsible for compensating affected miners. Source: Latest News
Prasa to hire 3,000 guards to quell railway infrastructure theft, vandalism
Power 98.7 reports that Makhosini Mgitywa, spokesperson for the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa), indicated on Monday that the agency intended to hire more than 3,000 security personnel. Source: Latest News
Treasury warns that public sector wage hike is unaffordable amid Covid-19 crisis
BL Premium reports that in court papers filed at the Labour Court on Friday, Treasury director-general Dondo Mogajane painted a dire picture of government finances as he explained the government’s refusal to grant public sector salary increases. Source: Latest News
Angie Motshekga raises possibility of no work, no pay should schools close
SowetanLive reports that teacher unions are pushing back against a move to dock their pay should schools be closed again due to the upsurge of coronavirus cases. Source: Latest News
Alcohol manufacturers fear new ban on sale of booze will result in thousands of job cuts
City Press reports that disgruntled alcohol manufacturers are concerned about the retrenchments that will follow as a result of the renewed ban on the sale of alcohol that came into effect last week. Source: Latest News
Tourism industry reckons it will survive, despite R748m daily losses
TimesLIVE reports that the Tourism Business Council of SA (TBCSA) on Monday said it was confident the industry would survive the Covid-19 pandemic, despite recording a daily loss in tourism expenditure of R748m. Source: Latest News
Thousands of bogus claims and 'double-dipping' slow UIF’s Ters payouts
TimesLIVE reports that more than 4,000 Covid-19 related Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) claims have made on behalf of people who had died, about 90,000 were made with invalid ID numbers and close to 200,000 were made with ID numbers which couldn’t be found on any government system. Source: Latest News
Restaurants set for ‘Million seats on the streets’ protest on Wednesday against Covid-19 restrictions
Moneyweb reports that the biggest-ever united protest in the history of SA’s restaurant industry is set to take place on Wednesday. Hundreds of eateries, coffee shops and takeaway establishments countrywide will be participating in the ‘Million seats on the streets’ protest against Covid-19 restrictions to trade. Source: Latest News