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BusinessLive reports that about two-thirds of mineworkers asked to return to work have done so, and it will take weeks before mines can reach 50% of capacity. Source: Latest News
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With no Covid-19 budget, Home Affairs digs into travel, subsistence and accommodation allocations to buy PPE
BusinessLive reports that the Department of Home Affairs has allocated R22m from its April travel and subsistence, and accommodation budgets to cover the cost of purchasing personal protective equipment (PPE) for its staff. Source: Latest News
Cuban “medical brigade” comes with a R440m price tag
BL Premium reports that it emerged on Tuesday that the Cuban health-care team that arrived in SA at the weekend to help combat Covid-19 is set to cost the taxpayer hundreds of millions of rand. Source: Latest News
Unions lament brain drain as public sector teachers continue to quit in droves
The Star reports that over 57,000 permanent teachers resigned between January 2012 and December last year in what trade unions have described as a worrying brain drain for the education sector. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 28 April 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 28 April 2020. Source: Latest News
SA Express reportedly provisionally liquidated
Fin24 reports that state-owned regional airline SA Express has reportedly been placed in provisional liquidation after its business rescue practitioners (BRPs) filed an urgent court application in the Pretoria High Court on 25 March. Source: Latest News
Solidarity and AfriForum in court challenge to 'discriminatory' Covid-19 tourism relief fund
Fin24 reports that Solidarity and AfriForum have challenged government’s decision to use broad-based black economic empowerment scores to determine who is eligible for the R200m in emergency funding for tourism-related businesses affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
Ters relief directives cause confusion, first through a lack of clarity, then through amendments
Moneyweb reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has issued several directives relating to the temporary relief scheme offered to employers and employees affected by the national lockdown necessitated by the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Latest News
Opencast mines permitted to return to 100% of capacity from 1 May
Mining Weekly reports that Trade and Industry Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Saturday that opencast mines would be permitted to return in phases to 100% operation from 1 May, but underground mines had to continue at 50% of production capacity. Source: Latest News
National health department to step up scrutiny of stocks of personal protective equipment
BusinessLive reports that the national Department of Health (DOH) is planning closer scrutiny of provincial stocks of personal protective medical equipment (PPE) and will be adding these details to a real-time system already in place for monitoring key medicines. Source: Latest News