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Fin24 reports that former Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba overruled the Eskom board’s appointment of an acting CEO in 2014 because the candidate was white and it was a general election year Source: Latest News
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Gunmen posing as parents rob KZN school and shoot teacher, leaving him in a serious condition
Daily News reports that armed robbers posing as parents wanting to register a child at Buhlebethu Primary School in Inanda robbed teachers in the staff room and shot another while they were fleeing. Source: Latest News
Herman Mashaba to help Lily Mine families fight to retrieve bodies of loved ones
The Star writers that former Johannesburg mayor Herman Mashaba has found the perfect project to pursue as he launches his new political party. Source: Latest News
SANDF major heads to Equality Court despite withdrawal of headscarf charge
Cape Times reports that legal representatives for SA National Defence Force (SANDF) officer Major Fatima Isaacs will be taking her headscarf matter to the Equality Court, despite the case having been withdrawn on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Latest report shows improvement in corruption index, but SA still has serious problems
Engineering News reports that, despite its score advancing a notch in the Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), from 43 to 44, South Africa still ranks among countries that are deemed to have a serious corruption problem. Source: Latest News
Uasa scores major victory against Implats over leave day credits forcibly deducted during 2014 Amcu strike
Business Report writes that the United Association of SA (Uasa) scored a major victory when the Labour Court ruled against Impala Platinum (Implats) in respect of an unlawful deduction of workers’ leave days during the five-month platinum belt strike in 2014. Source: Latest News
Solidarity calls on government to intervene in lay-offs at Samancor Chrome
Business Report writes that trade union Solidarity has called on the government to step in to avert the possible axing of more than 3,000 employees at Samancor Chrome. Source: Latest News
Union federations will resist SOE job cuts
The Star reports that the government’s plan to restructure state-owned entities (SOEs) could be met with resistance by trade unions. Source: Latest News
New Eskom CEO André de Ruyter will have to play it smart with labour
Financial Mail reports that labour analyst Mamokgethi Molopyane says the new CEO of Eskom, André de Ruyter, is stepping into a minefield and, while organised labour has been subdued in recent months as the operational crisis at the utility escalated, as tough reform looms it is likely to spring into...
Old Mutual confident legal challenges won’t derail appointment of new CEO, with vacancy soon to be advertised
BL Premium reports that Old Mutual is confident that any further legal challenges from its ousted CEO Peter Moyo won’t derail its attempts to appoint a new leader and put the eight-month dispute behind it. Source: Latest News