Engineering News reports that Uasa announced on 21 May that it was “rejecting” the letter sent out by Denel’s CEO Danie du Toit in which he announced that the company would not be paying its employees for the next three months (May, June and July). Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 21 May 2020. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that Eskom chief executive André de Ruyter confirmed on Thursday that 21 of the company’s employees and contractors had tested positive for Covid-19 cases in the Western Cape. Source: Latest News
Moneyweb reports that the government-initiated Temporary Employer-Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) is now paying out a day or two after the lodging of a successful claim. Ters provides emergency relief for employers to claim benefits on behalf of their employees during the Covid-19 lockdown. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly writes that the newly gazetted guideline to prevent, mitigate and manage the Covid-19 pandemic on mines is largely a restatement of what has already been adopted by the mining industry. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that according to TransUnion, considered SA’s largest credit bureau, many people are losing their jobs or experiencing a reduction in work hours as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown. Source: Latest News
Solidarity reports that its members showed up for work at ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark on Thursday in protest against the lockdown regulations that have prevented hundreds of thousands of people from working. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that the Gauteng Department of Health has expressed its dismay at the actions of a group of staff members at the Sterkfontein Psychiatric Hospital who briefly disrupted services on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Lowvelder reports that the Mpumalanga Department of Health has announced that Driekoppies Clinic in Nkomazi has been temporarily closed. Source: Latest News
The Star reports that Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) officials are self-isolating after an occupational health and safety inspector at their provincial office in Gauteng tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Latest News
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