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The Star reports that more stakeholders have appeared before the SA Humans Rights Commission (SAHRC) to report on the role they have played in reducing the attacks on foreign long-distance truck drivers. Source: Latest News
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Pension payout of fired NHLS CEO to be withheld until damages claim against her is finalised
News24 reports that the National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS), together with the Special Investigating Unit (SIU), has secured an order from the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria allowing it to not pay out any pension benefits to its former CEO Joyce Mogale. Source: Latest News
Government’s public sector wage bill plan headed down a dead end
Financial Mail writes that the government’s review of the three-year 2018 public sector wage agreement, announced last month, may just turn out to be a damp squib. Source: Latest News
Five Free State traffic officials bust for truck driving license racket
TimesLIVE reports that five traffic officials are among nine people arrested over truck licences issued in the Free State to people who never actually took the tests. Source: Latest News
Construction sector sheds thousands of jobs as it faces late payments, community mafias
Engineering News reports that around 90,000 formal jobs were lost in the SA construction industry from June 2018 to September 2019, according to construction market intelligence firm Industry Insight. Source: Latest News
Five Sassa employees in KZN arrested for fraud
TimesLIVE reports that five SA Social Security Agency (Sassa) employees in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been nabbed for alleged fraud by the Hawks. Source: Latest News
Government spends millions on suspended employees
BusinessLive reports that national government departments spent R22m on suspensions of employees in the three months from July to September last year, a sharp increase from the R8m spent in the previous three months. Source: Latest News
Glencore’s Astron refinery in Cape Town embroiled in pay dispute
Bloomberg reports that contractors at Astron Energy’s Cape Town refinery, owned by Glencore, are protesting over pay as the company pursues a turnaround at the plant. Source: Latest News
Amcu under threat of deregistration over its accounts and legitimacy of leaders
Financial Mail reports that the Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (Amcu) is under threat of deregistration, this time over alleged irregularities in its finances and the legitimacy of key office bearers, including its president, Joseph Mathunjwa. Source: Latest News
Sans Souci teacher back in court on Wednesday for slapping pupil
News24 reports that a Sans Souci Girls’ High School teacher was back in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday morning after an assault charge was reinstated against her. Source: Latest News