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Nurse at Butterworth Hospital arrested after being caught allegedly stealing four boxes of face masks
News24 reports that an outpatient nurse at Butterworth Hospital in the Eastern Cape has been arrested after he was allegedly caught stealing four full boxes of face masks. Source: Latest News
CCMA closes its doors amid fears about the coronavirus outbreak
Mail & Guardian reports that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has closed its doors amid fears about the coronavirus outbreak. Source: Latest News
UIF claims will skyrocket as coronavirus takes hold, says Michael Bagraim
In a letter to the editor of Business Day, labour analyst and MP Michael Bagraim writes that with the Department of Employment & Labour (DEL) having sent out a protocol for people who test positive for the coronavirus and people needing to claim from the Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF), thousands...
Organised labour divided over the use of a lockdown to curb spread of Covid-19
BusinessLive reports that as SA tries to curb the spread of the coronavirus, organised labour is divided over whether the country should go into lockdown. Source: Latest News
Nehawu slammed for plans to push ahead with protest march on 30 March despite virus risk
Fin24 reports that the plans of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) to march at the end of the month over continued uncertainty regarding public sector wage increrases have been roundly criticised as irresponsible and short-sighted, in light of the coronavirus outbreak. Source: Latest News
DA wants SAA liquidated after business rescue practitioners plead for new extension of deadline for plan
Fin24 reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) has urged the business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of SA Airways (SAA) to apply to court to liquidate the airline, saying the business rescue process has turned into a “farce”. Source: Latest News
Sibanye promises to trace and prosecute source of hoax about a Covid-19 infection at Marikana platinum mine
Miningmx reports that Sibanye-Stillwater described an online hoax that claimed the producer had a confirmed case of Covid-19 at its Marikana platinum operations as having “potentially far-reaching and damaging consequences” for the company. Source: Latest News
Fatalities at AngloGold, Sibanye-Stillwater mines reported by Amcu
Mining Weekly reports that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) reported on Friday afternoon that it had learnt of fatalities at AngloGold Ashanti’s Mponeng mine, in Gauteng, and Sibanye-Stillwater’s Thembelani shaft, in the North West. Source: Latest News
Nurses willing to down tools if state shows ‘disdain’ by not lifting salaries on 1 April
BusinessLive reports that the Democratic Nursing Organisation of SA (Denosa) has threatened to take the government to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) if it fails to implement an agreement to increase salaries on 1 April Source: Latest News