Cape Argus reports that the SA Police Service (SAPS) has received more than 530,000 applications for a mere 7,000 vacancies. National police spokesperson Vishnu Naidoo said the process was still unfolding, with the screening and selection for the Basic Police Learning Development Programme for the 2019/20 financial year still underway. Source:...
Business Report writes that in a statement on Tuesday, the Dube TradePort said that unemployed graduates had the opportunity to gain work experience through Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone’s (SEZ’s) Internship and In-Service Training Programme, which opened this month. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that analysts at Mazars, a global audit, accounting and consulting group cautioned on Tuesday that fiscal prudence would be needed in using government employees’ pension savings to bail out Eskom’s R454 billion debt. Source: Latest News
Mining Weekly reports that the Minerals Council SA (MCSA – previously called the Chamber of Mines) says the SA mining industry is making strides in improving its health and safety performance, but more needed to be done on site, as well as off-site, to keep employees safe. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that with the government battling to contain its huge wage bill, public sector unions have warned the government that they will fight its attempts to freeze increases this year. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Tuesday, 4 February 2020. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a railway finance manager who was fired after approving R5.5m in irregular expenditure on hire cars has failed in a court bid to get his job back. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that an off-duty Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer is suspected of having been the influence of alcohol when he rolled a metro van while transporting three people at the weekend. Source: Latest News
Independent News reports that Mpumalanga police appealed for help in catching gunmen who shot and killed one of their members and left another officer as well as four other people seriously injured. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that in a statement on Tuesday, Democratic Alliance (DA) MP Chris Hunsinger said the party would be writing to the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) and the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) to request that “they make public plans on how the regulator intends to address the...
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