BL Premium reports that three months after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that he and his cabinet would take a one-third salary cut for three months and donate the funds to help with Covid-19 relief, it is still not clear whether the entire executive has followed through. Source: Latest News
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Bemawu livid that SABC breached promise by revealing identities of those who testified at inquiry
City Press reports that the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers’ Union (Bemawu) wants the report of a commission of inquiry into interference in the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) newsroom to be retracted. Source: Latest News
As wheels come off car rental business, Bidvest Car Rental warns staff that all jobs might become redundant
Business Report writes that Bidvest Car Rental has warned staff that all the positions in the company, which has more than 100 branches across the country, might become redundant because it plans to close or sell the business. Source: Latest News
Denosa calls on members of the public to be honest about their Covid-19 symptoms
The Star reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has appealed to members of the public to inform healthcare workers about possible Covid-19 symptoms during screenings. Source: Latest News
Five North West MECs test negative for Covid-19 after colleague's death
News24 reports that members of the North West provincial cabinet – who were close contacts of MEC Gordon Kegakilwe – have been cleared of Covid-19. Kegakilwe, MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, died last Monday following a “short and serious illness”. Source: Latest News
Taxi drivers face jail time if passengers don’t wear face masks
TimesLIVE reports that public transport drivers and operators allowing commuters into their vehicles without a face mask can be prosecuted and jailed for up to six months, be fined, or both. Source: Latest News
ANC suggests pension funds should take some Eskom assets
Bloomberg reports that the ANC’s economic transformation committee has suggested that pension funds should take over some of the assets of state-owned Eskom. Source: Latest News
Fears that Covid-19 will overwhelm SA’s hospitals, with health workers ‘burnt out’
Bloomberg reports that SA is bracing for the worst of the coronavirus pandemic, with infections mounting at a rapid pace, doctors and nurses being worked to the bone and ICUs at risk of running out of beds. Source: Latest News
ANC proposes using pensions and savings to aid economic recovery post-Covid 19
BL Premium reports that the ANC’s proposals for economic revival in the post-Covid-19 economy, published on Friday, argue for an infrastructure-led recovery, which will be funded in part by pension funds and other savings. Source: Latest News
Sale of alcohol banned in move to reduce trauma load on hospitals and free up resources for Covid-19 patients
BusinessLive reports that the government has banned alcohol sales “with immediate effect” and will impose an evening curfew from Monday, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday night, as SA’s coronavirus tally soared past the 276,000 mark. Source: Latest News




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