BL Premium reports that the government and the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of SA Airways (SAA) have reached a formal agreement to discuss proposals that include the establishment of a new airline as mooted by public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that according to a study conducted at a large public hospital in Johannesburg, SA’s nurses were overworked, overwhelmed, and drowning in debt even before the Covid-19 pandemic struck.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 14 May 2020. Source: Latest News

The Star reports that the scourge of corruption in the Department of Water and Sanitation has seen 138 of its employees being criminally charged, with 97 of them having been found guilty.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga postponed Thursday’s planned announcement about when schools will reopen in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.   Source: Latest News

Financial Main reports that eighty years after Anglo American first set up its headquarters in Johannesburg’s then thriving inner city, the mining giant has decided to walk away.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that as the Department of Correctional Services (DCS) continues to work on applications for thousands of inmates who might be eligible for parole, the number of coronavirus infections behind bars continues to rise.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that on Wednesday the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) indicated that it anticipated a jobs bloodbath that would result in an unemployment rate of 36.5% by the end of the year.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that inspections have revealed that many companies and organisations allowed to operate during level 4 of the lockdown are not complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.   Source: Latest News

TimesLIVE reports that the Inanda police station, north of Durban, was closed on Tuesday after a female sergeant tested positive for Covid-19.   Source: Latest News