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News24 reports that according to Defence and Military Veterans Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, “very few” SA National Defence Force (SANDF) members have been infected with Covid-19, but she has declined to indicate how many. Source: Latest News
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Body of missing miner found underground in North West mine
News24 reports that Harmony Gold confirmed on Wednesday that the body of a missing miner had been found underground at its Moab Khotsong mine near Orkney in the North West. Source: Latest News
Patient admissions at Livingstone and Provincial hospitals in PE affected by linen shortages due to go-slow
HeraldLIVE reports that a dispute between union members and management at the Livingstone and Provincial hospitals in Port Elizabeth has now trickled down to patients, with some having been turned away over the past few days. Source: Latest News
DA calls for tourism sector to be immediately opened up to prevent devastation
BusinessLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has called for the immediate easing of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions on the tourism sector and for inter-provincial road travel to be allowed to prevent the decimation of the industry. Source: Latest News
MultiChoice commits R50m to creating 500 jobs for the youth
BusinessLive reports that on Wednesday MultiChoice advised that it has invested R50m to create 500 new jobs for young people. Source: Latest News
Horizon for unbundling of Eskom into three entities shifted by at least two years
BL Premium reports that power utility Eskom has pushed out the time frame for its unbundling by at least two years and no longer has a firm target date for the full legal establishment of the three subsidiaries the process will create. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 3 June 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 3 June 2020. Source: Latest News
Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party wants mines shut after increase in number of infected mineworkers
The Star reports that the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP) has raised concerns over the increased number of mineworkers who have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. Source: Latest News
Taxi strike leaves desperate Mamelodi commuters high and dry
SowetanLIVE reports that thousands of Mamelodi commuters are increasingly getting desperate for transport to work and back home amid a dispute which has seen taximen down tools. Source: Latest News
Sadtu and Cosatu in Western Cape vow to lay criminal charges should staff, pupils get infected at schools
News24 reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) and Cosatu in the Western Cape vowed on Tuesday to keep education MEC Debbie Schäfer and the provincial head of education “personally accountable for any flouting of health and safety regulation in this province”. Source: Latest News