The Star reports that charges of fraud, for alleged abuses of State resources for personal gain, against a senior police officer, have highlighted Police Minister Bheki Cele’s recent criticism of supposed corruption within the SA Police Service (SAPS). Source: Latest News
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ArcelorMittal SA to close its Saldanha operation
Reuters reports that ArcelorMittal SA (Amsa) said on Monday it would be closing its steel operations at its Saldanha Works because it could no longer compete in export markets. Source: Latest News
Bheki Cele urged by Nehawu to act harshly against cop killers
Independent News reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has urged South Africans to help law enforcement agencies arrest and prosecute criminals who were responsible for the heinous killings of police officers. Source: Latest News
South Coast clinic staff raise concerns after rape of nurse at clinic
Sunday Tribune reports that staff at Nkonjeni Hospital in Mahlabathini, Kwazulu-Natal, gathered at the front gate on Friday to voice their concerns over safety and security, maintenance, and management’s silence after the rape of a nurse there last week. Source: Latest News
eThekwini unveils project team to deal with over 300 outstanding corruption disciplinary cases
Sunday Tribune reports that to clear a backlog of more than 300 outstanding disciplinary cases involving fraud and corruption, the eThekwini Municipality has set up a project plan in the hopes of speeding up the processes. Source: Latest News
Doctor, nurses flee as stabbed patient is ‘finished off’ by assailant in Ngcobo hospital
TimesLIVE reports that hospital staff and patients came under attack in two separate incidents in the Eastern Cape at the weekend. Source: Latest News
Cogta proposes docking pay of politicians and public servants for their municipal debts
BL Premium reports that in a bid to tackle the culture of nonpayment to municipalities, a government department has proposed extending to all political office bearers and public servants a law that provides for docking of pay of councillors and staff indebted for rates and services. Source: Latest News
Ruling that precautionary suspension on full pay requires no prior consultation or hearing
In a letter to the editor, Michael Bagraim, well-known labour lawyer and MP, notes that before disciplinary inquiries employers often ask whether they can suspend an employee on full pay pending the outcome. Source: Latest News
Hawks probe mars Popcru’s elective congress last week
City Press reports that financial misappropriation and other allegations emerged in the run-up to last week’s national elective congress of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru). Source: Latest News
Major overhaul of rail operations in the offing
Business Times reports that government is proposing a major overhaul of rail operations as it pushes to migrate passengers and freight from road to rail over the next 30 years. Source: Latest News




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