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Look beyond UCT and Wits when recruiting, asset managers exhorted
BL Premium reports that the Association of Black Securities and Investment Professionals (Absip) has called on asset managers to look beyond the University of Cape Town (UCT) and Wits University when recruiting and deciding which institutions of higher learning to support. Source: Latest News
Dismissal of waitress for not pooling R150 tip confirmed by Labour Court
GroundUp reports that a waitress, who was fired for not declaring that she had received a R150 cash tip, has failed in her Labour Court bid to challenge her dismissal. Source: Latest News
Post Office business rescue puts 7,000 jobs on the line
BL Premium reports that the SA Post Office (Sapo) collapsed into the arms of business rescue practitioners on Monday with a plan that puts 7,000 jobs on the line to save more than R1.3bn in annual salaries. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 11 July 2023
In our Tuesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Police launch manhunt for suspects after three trucks torched in Limpopo on Monday morning
TimesLIVE reports that Limpopo police have launched a manhunt for six suspects linked to armed robbery and malicious damage to property after three trucks were burnt in Sekhukhune on the R547 Lydenburg road on Monday morning. Source: Latest News
Bell Equipment CEO Leon Goosen quits after five years at helm
BL Premium reports that Bell Equipment announced on Monday that its CEO Leon Goosen had resigned after five years in the top job to pursue other interests. Source: Latest News
Police confirm suspension of eight officers involved in N1 assault
TimesLIVE reports that police on Monday confirmed the suspension of eight officers who were involved in the notorious N1 assault on motorists. They had been part of Deputy President Paul Mashatile’s VIP protection unit. Source: Latest News
Trade union Untu worried about job losses if Transnet pursues private sector participation
EWN reports that the United National Transport Union (Untu) claims that the jobs of 45,000 Transnet workers will be at risk should the railway company forge ahead with its private sector participation process. Source: Latest News
Former TBVC pensioners threaten legal action if Ramaphosa doesn’t take action
Business Report writes that SATBVC, an association of pensioners from Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei (known as TBVC states), has given President Cyril Ramaphosa seven days to effect his instruction to Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to investigate issues regarding the pensions of the former civil servants or face legal action....