City Press reports that with unions having slammed the state’s intention to renege on a three-year public sector wage agreement reached at the National Bargaining Council, a showdown is set for this week that may force President Cyril Ramaphosa’s hand.   Source: Latest News

Bloomberg reports that the South African Airways (SAA) business rescue practitioners (BRPs) have been given an extra month to complete a turnaround plan for the loss-making state airline.   Source: Latest News

In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 25 February 2020. Source: Latest News

The Citizen reports that the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) announced on Monday that the new rate for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) for an hour worked would be R20.76.   Source: Latest News

BusinessLive reports that Gauteng premier David Makhura said on Tuesday that billions of rand would be spent by his administration to build infrastructure and create more than 350,000 jobs in the next five years.   Source: Latest News

EWN reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) that government is determined to deal with the declining economy.   Source: Latest News

GroundUp reports that about 150 protesters marched to Parliament on Monday to mark the first day of the two-day Real Jobs Summit, part of the Cry of the Xcluded campaign over unemployment.   Source: Latest News

Independent News reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has promised that the government will not be reckless when implementing the National Health Insurance (NHI) in the next five years.   Source: Latest News

The Star reports that last month at the Safety and Security Sectoral Bargaining Council (SSSBC), the SA Police Service (SAPS) was found to have “humiliated” six Pretoria major-generals by removing them as cluster commanders of several police stations to become mere “overseers” of individual stations.   Source: Latest News

Engineering News reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and the SA Cabin Crew Association (Sacca) have jointly accused the SAA business rescue practitioners (BRPs) of violating the rights of their members working at the airline.   Source: Latest News