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News24 reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) says the extension for school staff to return to schools under Level 3 lockdown is not enough to prepare for the return of pupils. Source: Latest News
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Up to 70% of salons face closure post Covid-19
Sowetan reports that up to 70% of the country’s hair and beauty salons, spas and tattoo parlours face closure as their businesses remain under the Covid-19 lockdown. Source: Latest News
Forty-one Gauteng health workers assaulted last year, mainly by psychiatric patients
The Citizen reports that 41 health workers in Gauteng public hospitals were assaulted last year, the vast majority by psychiatric patients. This was indicated by Gauteng health MEC Bandile Masuku in response to questions in the Gauteng Legislature. Source: Latest News
Pension funds declined by more than R400bn in first quarter of 2020
Business Report writes that pension funds in SA declined by more than R400-billion in the first three months of this year, resulting in a negative chain reaction on households’ net wealth. Source: Latest News
Twenty-six cases of Covid-19 at Mediclinic Cape Town in Oranjezicht
News24 reports that twenty-six people have tested positive for Covid-19 at Mediclinic Cape Town in Oranjezicht, the medical facility confirmed on Monday. Source: Latest News
Second school in Cape Town hit by positive Covid-19 case during prep week
News24 reports that the Western Cape education department said on Tuesday that Parkvale Primary School in Valhalla Park was the second school in Cape Town to have a positive Covid-19 case among educators. Source: Latest News
Teacher's union Eusa heads to court on Friday to stop schools reopening
TimesLIVE reports that the Educators Union of SA (Eusa) is planning to approach the courts on Friday for an interdict against the government’s plan to partially open schools on 1 June. Source: Latest News
Cosatu wants workers to be able to draw on retirement fund savings on a once-off basis to fight Covid-19 hardship
BL Premium reports that Cosatu has submitted an urgent request to Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to issue an emergency directive allowing employed workers who are members of retirement funds to access a part of their savings on a once-off basis. Source: Latest News
As lockdown eases, banks happy to keep workers at home because they can work “very effectively” from outside the corporate building
Bloomberg writes that as the government prepares to ease lockdown restrictions and manufacturers, miners and industries prepare their factories and offices to receive their employees, banks have found there is no need to immediately go back. Source: Latest News
SAA rescue team wins permission to appeal retrenchment decision
BusinessLive reports that the SA Airways (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have been granted leave to appeal against a labour court judgment that determined that they were not entitled to retrench employees before finalising the business rescue plan. Source: Latest News