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In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Monday, 11 May 2020. Source: Latest News
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Trial walk-in sanitation tunnels launched at Bara Taxi Rank in effort to combat Covid-19
News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport on Monday morning started piloting measures to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 at minibus taxi ranks by using walk-in sanitation tunnels. Source: Latest News
JMPD denies reports that officers have to buy their own face masks
TimesLIVE reports that the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) has denied reports that its officers have been forced to buy their own face masks during the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. Source: Latest News
With a Labour Court ruling halting retrenchments, SAA is continuing to operate repatriation and cargo flights
ANA reports that SA Airways (SAA) will be continuing to operate repatriation and cargo flights for the rest of this month and beyond after the Labour Court on Friday ruled in favour of organised labour against planned retrenchments at the state-owned carrier. Source: Latest News
Big spike in applications for large-scale retrenchments, says CCMA
Business Report writes that the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has seen a spike of applications for large-scale retrenchments in terms of Section 189 of the Labour Relations during the national Covid-19 lockdown period. Source: Latest News
Public servants’ wage increase battle still ongoing
Sunday Independent reports that SA’s 1.3 million public servants are using different tactics to force the government to honour the parties 2018 wage deal, which if successful could see their pay increase by billions of rand. Source: Latest News
Safa appoints its legal officer as acting CEO to replace Gay Mokoena who was asked by Danny Jordaan to leave
BusinessLive reports that the SA Football Association (Safa) has appointed Tebogo Motlanthe as its acting CEO. The 39-year-old Motlanthe takes over from Gay Mokoena‚ who was asked to leave the position on 15 April by Safa president Danny Jordaan. Source: Latest News
Calls mounting for a special government intervention to help keep the SA aviation industry afloat
Business Times reports that Comair’s decision last week to go into business rescue sent shockwaves through the aviation industry because it has consistently delivered annual profits. Source: Latest News
Plan to develop skills, learnerships for ex-offenders on parole
Cape Argus reports that the SA Sentenced and Awaiting Trial Prisoners Organisation (Sasapo) has initiated a campaign to address skills development, learnerships and apprenticeships programmes for ex-offenders on parole. Source: Latest News
Society of black engineers slams Eskom’s plan to re-hire retired engineers
Business Report writes that Eskom’s plans to consider recruiting a group of retired engineers to boost its capacity to maintain its ageing coal-fired power stations has angered black engineers. Source: Latest News