News24 reports that a R100,000 reward has been offered by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) for information that will lead to the conviction of four people believed to be behind an arson attack on two trains at Cape Town station last week. Source: Latest News
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Police top brass want Public Protector to investigate 'cover-up' of 2010 rape case involving clerk and top cop
The Sunday Independent reports that police top brass have asked Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane and the Office of the Inspector General of Intelligence (OIGI) to investigate the possible cover-up of a rape case involving a senior police official. Source: Latest News
SAA ‘will undergo a radical restructuring process’, with job cuts expected to be even deeper
BusinessLive reports that according to the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), South African Airways (SAA), the future of which hangs in the balance after a crippling strike, is determined to remain open for business. Source: Latest News
Durban school principal accused of raping four teachers
News24 reports that a 54-year-old KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) school principal has been accused of rape by four teachers. Source: Latest News
Underspending by state departments on key programmes, including jobs fund, raises MPs’ hackles
BusinessLive reports that unspent funds by government departments in the first six months of the financial year totalled R3.9bn, the Treasury reported to parliament’s two appropriations committees on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Barclays set to join rivals in cutting CEO's pension perks, but stops short of full alignment with other staff
Reuters reports that Barclays is planning to cut the £396,000 pension allowance it pays CEO Jes Staley by about half, echoing moves by rivals who have pledged to rein in executive pension perks following a campaign by investors. Source: Latest News
Drunk motorist who killed two Joburg metro cops at roadblock by crashing into them to be sentenced next year
TimesLIVE reports that the sentencing of Albert Gerhardes Pretorius, the man who ploughed into two Johannesburg metro police (JMPD) officers at a roadblock in January last year will be sentenced on 20 January next year. Source: Latest News
Never again, says NPA's Shamila Batohi after advocate's death in court in 'freak gun accident'
TimesLIVE reports that a memorial service for slain senior state advocate Addelaid Ann Ferreira Watt was held in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Strides made in mine safety, says DMRE official, but more should be done
Mining Weekly reports that speakers on Thursday at the Anglo American Tripartite Health and Safety Initiative said that although strides had been made in reducing mine fatalities, occupational diseases and industry disasters, there was still work to be done in the mining industry’s quest for zero harm. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 28 November 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 28 November 2019. Source: Latest News




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