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Mail & Guardian reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi has painted a bleak picture of the financial threat posed by growing joblessness to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF). Source: Latest News
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Labour Minister Nxesi wants every UIF COVID-19 relief transaction audited
EWN reports that Department of Labour and Employment (DEL) Minister Thulas Nxesi wants every Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Covid-19 relief transaction audited. Source: Latest News
Gauteng’s biggest labour centre in Pretoria and another in Alberton shut down last week after Covid-19 cases
BusinessLive reports that the payment of benefits from the UIF Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters), which has already suffered from a spate of technical glitches, could have added delays due to the closure of two labour centres in Gauteng. Source: Latest News
Covid-19 infection threat throws a new spanner in the works for silicosis claimants
BL Premium reports that mineworkers suffering from silicosis and awaiting their share of R5bn in compensation from gold companies may now have to wait longer as the dispersal of funds faces delays because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
Military medics deployed to combat ‘really bad’ Covid-19 situation in the Eastern Cape
AFP reports that dozens of military medics were deployed on Sunday to help combat the coronavirus pandemic in the Eastern Cape where there has been a surge in infections. Source: Latest News
Plan for further reopening of schools revised, with grades 6 and 11 but not grade R expected back on Monday
BusinessLive reports that the Department of Basic Education (DBE) has revised its plans for the return of some learners to school, as government battles to restart the education sector amid the rapid spread of the coronavirus. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 2 July 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 2 July 2020. Source: Latest News
Unions warn against phase two of reopening of schools
SowetanLive reports that teachers’ unions say the next phase of the reopening of schools for more than six million pupils is a ticking time bomb because the Department of Basic Education (DBE) failed to meet safety requirements for what had been fewer pupils when the grade 7s and grade 12s...
Arnot OpCo concludes retrenchment process affecting 1 100 employees
Mining Weekly reports that coal mining company Arnot OpCo has completed a Section 189 (retrenchment) process, affecting 1,100 of its employees. Source: Latest News
Maimane’s bid to overturn easing of lockdown to level 3 and to stop schools from reopening fails
The Star reports that it’s all systems go for the rest of the school grades to reopen next week after a full Bench of the North Gauteng High Court turned down an application by Mmusi Maimane and his One SA movement for schools to remain closed. Source: Latest News