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ANA reports that several foreign nationals were arrested on Saturday for illegally residing on and operating a factory in Tongaat in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), the SA Police Service (SAPS) said on Sunday. Source: Latest News
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Speeding car kills West Rand City traffic officer over the weekend
The Star reports that James Kolo, a Rand West City traffic department officer, was killed on duty over the weekend and police have arrested a suspect. Source: Latest News
The real cost of the liquor ban will be a jobs bloodbath and massive loss of revenue
The Citizen reports that as the financially bleeding multibillion-rand liquor industry continues to reel from the month-long coronavirus lockdown, key players – from a family-owned bottle store to giant wine producers – have warned of a jobs bloodbath and loss of taxes. Source: Latest News
Kumba chief executive Themba Mkhwanazi received pay package of R42.24m for 2019
Business Report writes that Kumba Iron Ore paid its executive directors and prescribed officers R128.95-million in 2019, the company indicated in its annual report released on Friday. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 20 April 2020 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 17 April 2020. Source: Latest News
Pick n Pay workers fired over ‘strike’ they say never happened
Mail & Guardian reports that police were called the week before last to remove Pick n Pay workers accused of striking at the retailer’s distribution centre in Philippi in Cape Town. Source: Latest News
Use the tax system to pay out lockdown benefit, says Covid-19 Economists Group
BL Premium writes that with work stopped for millions by the coronavirus lockdown, the quickest and simplest way to provide wage support to employees in the formal economy would be for the SA Revenue Service (Sars) to use the tax system to pay employers a portion of workers’ wages automatically. ...
Twenty-four employees at Boksburg Dis-Chem test positive for Covid-19, store reopens with new staff complement
News24 reports that as of close of business on Friday, a total of 24 staff members at the Dis-Chem branch at Retail Park in Boksburg had tested positive for Covid-19. Source: Latest News
After state shuts down business rescue funding, Pravin Gordhan to spell out fate of SAA to cabinet on Monday
BusinessLive reports that Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) Minister Pravin Gordhan will brief the cabinet on the fate of SA Airways (SAA) on Monday, while the airline’s business rescue practitioners (BRPs) are due to meet unions. Source: Latest News
Impala CE granted R60,000 bail after appearance on charges of contravention of Covid-19 regulations
Engineering News reports that Impala Platinum Rustenburg CE Mark Munroe was granted bail of R60,000 after appearing in court on Friday. Source: Latest News