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In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 3 April 2020. Source: Latest News
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Soldiers patrolling streets during lockdown in 'unsafe gear' that doesn’t meet safety standards
Sunday Times reports that soldiers helping to enforce the coronavirus lockdown have been put at risk by sanitisers and face masks that do not meet safety standards. Source: Latest News
Fear grips vulnerable KZN health workers over Covid-19
City Press reports that nurses in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have expressed fear and trepidation over “what is coming” as SA battles to contain the Covid-19 coronavirus. Source: Latest News
Nehawu tells Labour Court that health professionals forced to buy own personal protective equipment
Sunday Independent reports that according to the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu), health professionals at the forefront of the government’s fight against the Covid-19 pandemic have been forced to buy their own personal protective equipment (PPE). Source: Latest News
Minerals Council warns mines must return to work on 17 April ‘or face permanent damage’
BL Premium reports that SA’s mining sector must return to work at the end of the 21-day lockdown or face permanent damage after having already estimated to lose a fifth of April’s production and R7bn in wages during the period. Source: Latest News
Two Covid-19 positive doctors ‘forced’ into a Limpopo quarantine facility
BusinessLive reports that two doctors working at a Mpumalanga hospital were forced into a quarantine facility in Limpopo despite already self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19. Source: Latest News
Fifty-five construction workers arrested at Joburg building site for contravening lockdown
News24 reports that workers at a Johannesburg construction site were arrested after they were found at work despite the national lockdown. Source: Latest News
Three Gauteng traffic cops attached to Special Law Enforcement Unit arrested for allegedly demanding bribe
News24 reports that three Gauteng traffic police officers were arrested on Friday in Midrand for allegedly soliciting and receiving a bribe. Source: Latest News
Let more people go to work during lockdown, Institute of Race Relations urges
BusinessLive reports that the government should soften its restrictions on who is permitted to work away from home during the lockdown, to mitigate its effect on the economy and give it the best chance of curbing the transmission of Covid-19. Source: Latest News
How much Maria Ramos got paid on leaving Absa and what new CEO Daniel Mminele will earn this year
Moneyweb reports that Maria Ramos, who retired as Absa Group CEO at the end of February 2019, was paid R3.8 million for her two months’ work in 2019 at the banking group. Source: Latest News