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BusinessLive reports that a survey done on behalf of Nedbank shows that almost 65% of small businesses had no turnover during the first five weeks of the national Covid-19 lockdown. Source: Latest News
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CIPC sees increase in business rescue applications due to Covid-19
Moneyweb reports that according to Rory Voller of the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC), companies across the board have felt the disruption that Covid-19 has had on trading conditions. Source: Latest News
Domestic workers want to be declared to be UIF contributors so they can access Covid-19 relief benefits
BusinessLive reports that domestic workers have called on the government to declare them contributors to the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) so that they can access the Covid-19 relief benefits that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) is disbursing. Source: Latest News
Unions deny having agreed to basic education department’s plan to reopen schools
BusinessLive reports that unions organising in the education sector have denied claims by Department of Basic Education (DBE) Minister Angie Motshekga that a plan regarding the reopening of school has been agreed on by stakeholders. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 13 May 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 13 May 2020. Source: Latest News
Solidarity wants employers to pressurise government to amend lockdown restrictions
ANA reports that trade union Solidarity on Wednesday advised that it had sent letters to more than 10,000 players in the SA economy asking each to pressurise government into revising its Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. Source: Latest News
NUM ‘highly disturbed’ after Anglo’s Mogalakwena mine allegedly kept Covid-19 case secret
The Citizen reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in Limpopo said it was “highly disturbed and extremely shocked” to learn that the mine which registered the first case of Covid-19 during lockdown kept quiet about the matter. Source: Latest News
SA nurses on front line of Covid-19 fight honoured on International Nurses Day
Cape Argus reports that nurses on the front line of the Covid-19 fight were honoured on Tuesday as part of International Nurses Day. Nehawu commemorated the occasion and held a virtual address for all workers, and for nurses in particular, amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Source: Latest News
SACE halts disciplinary proceedings against teachers due to Covid-19 lockdown
News24 Wire reports that the Covid-19 pandemic has put a halt to the SA Council for Educators’ (SACE’s) disciplinary procedures against teachers. Source: Latest News
'Nxesi’s proposal of quotas limiting employment of foreign nationals in some sectors is misguided'
In its Wednesday editorial, Business Day notes that plans are afoot to introduce quotas for South Africans in certain sectors of the economy where foreign employees dominate. Source: Latest News