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New Eskom CEO extends lifestyle audits to lower level staff
City Press reports that Eskom’s new CEO, Andre de Ruyter, has extended lifestyle audits to lower level staff, in a renewed push to clean up graft and wastage. Source: Latest News
Transport union Untu urges that the Railway Safety Regulator board be dissolved
SowetanLive reports that a call has been made for transport minister Fikile Mbalula to dissolve the current board of the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) following a train collision that claimed the life of a passenger on the West Rand. Source: Latest News
Job cuts of about 390 as Tongaat Hulett shuts Darnall sugar mill
BL Premium reports that agri-processing company Tongaat Hulett could retrench about 390 employees at its SA sugar milling and refining operations. Source: Latest News
Government to top-slice 1% off national budget for ambitious initiative to address crisis of youth unemployment
BusinessLive reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa announced an ambitious programme to address youth employment in his state of the nation address (Sona) in parliament on Thursday night. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 13 February 2020
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 13 February 2020. Source: Latest News
Saftu, Amcu and others launch ‘rise up’ campaign as SoNA and national budget approach
Engineering News reports that the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) said in a statement on Wednesday that SA found itself looking over a precipice as the economic malaise currently being experienced all but placed the nation at a point of no return. Source: Latest News
Security guard shot in head in cash-in-transit (CIT) heist near Spruitview, Ekurhuleni
EWN reports that on Thursday morning a security guard on Thursday morning was critically wounded after he was shot during a cash-in-transit (CIT) heist on the N3 highway in Spruitview, Ekurhuleni. Source: Latest News
PIC confirms neither it nor GEPF has received proposals about using pensions to aid Eskom
Engineering News reports that the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) on Thursday confirmed that neither it nor any of its clients, including the Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF), had been consulted about using the GEPF’s financial resources to help alleviate some of state-owned power utility Eskom’s debt. Source: Latest News
Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit chalks up 238 arrests in first year, but fails to make a dent in arson attacks
TimesLIVE reports that Cape Town’s rail enforcement unit arrested 238 people in its first year. Source: Latest News