BusinessLive reports that Department of Public Service and Administration (DPSA) Minister Senzo Mchunu will face off with angry union leaders next Tuesday at a meeting aimed at averting a potential wage strike by about 1.3-million public servants.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 21 April 2020. Source: Latest News

The Star reports that the Life Healthcare Group has confirmed that 17 staff members and six doctors from Life Eugene Marais Hospital in Pretoria, who were exposed to the coronavirus, are isolating at home.   Source: Latest News

SowetanLive reports that SA is facing a massive jobs bloodbath with dozens of companies across various sectors serving employees with retrenchment notices.   Source: Latest News

Business Insider SA reports that Bidvest, one of the largest companies in SA, has forced 70,000 of its staff, who can’t work during national lockdown, to take leave.  If they don’t have enough annual leave days available, the leave will be unpaid.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that an employee at the Khayelitsha office of the Cape Town Metro Police has tested positive for Covid-19, as the Western Cape’s latest number of confirmed cases increased to 905.   Source: Latest News

News24 reports that SA Communist Party (SACP) staffers at both its head office and provincial offices have been warned to expect late payments in April after the party failed to pay salaries last month.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that security guards working as essential staff for Fidelity Security under Covid-19 regulations have lamented the inhuman conditions they are subjected to.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that SA’s largest public service union, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), has called on public and private healthcare sector workers to not perform their duties if employers do not provide protective equipment to shield them against Covid-19.   Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that Health Minister Zweli Mhize has published new regulations that give the government sweeping powers to redeploy doctors, nurses and other health-care personnel to combat SA’s Covid-19 epidemic.   Source: Latest News