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SowetanLive reports that a retired bus driver was paid a R4.7m in Covid-19 relief funds meant for 1,000 of his former colleagues. Source: Latest News
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Parents furious after more than 200 learners and staff test positive for Covid-19 at Eastern Cape boarding school
The Star reports that furious parents have slammed the management of Makaula Senior Secondary School for failing to protect their children after more than 200 learners and workers at the renowned boarding school tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Latest News
April’s consumer inflation rate of 3% lowest since June 2005
BusinessLive reports that consumer price inflation slowed to its lowest level in almost 15 years in April, as SA went into its most severe period of lockdown restrictions when only essential goods and services were available. Source: Latest News
Sun International to cut about 1,800 staff members and sell properties due to Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that hotels and gaming group Sun International (SI) intends to cut about 1,800 staff at its hotels and sell land as it braces for a slow recovery in the wake of Covid-19. Source: Latest News
Gordhan vows to try to find funds for SA Express employees who haven’t been paid since March
BusinessLive reports that Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday that the government would try to find funds to assist desperate employees of bankrupt, state-owned SA Express who have not been paid for several months. Source: Latest News
Player health top priority for Safa
The Star reports that SA Football Association (Safa) chief medical officer Dr Thulani Ngwenya has been appointed as national football’s Covid-19 compliance officer. Source: Latest News
State and stakeholders to prioritise struggling sugar industry, Ebrahim Patel tells MPs
BusinessLive reports that the government is moving to boost the struggling sugar industry and putting in place measures to ensure it is designated a priority supplier in SA. Source: Latest News
Solidarity’s case to get private nursery schools on reopened postponed until next Tuesday
News24 Wire reports that a court application by trade union Solidarity against the Department of Social Development regarding the reopening of private nursery schools has been postponed until next Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Two Amakhosi players in quarantine for 14 days with Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that two unnamed Kaizer Chiefs players have tested positive for Covid-19 and will immediately go into quarantine for 14 days. Source: Latest News
Optimum Coal’s business rescuers in talks with a major creditor
BusinessLive reports that Bouwer van Niekerk, lawyer for Optimum Coal’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs), told MPs on Tuesday that there are three bids on the table for the colliery, but the difficulty lay with funding the ramp-up of the mine. Source: Latest News