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News24 reports that Gauteng Health MEC Dr Bandile Masuku made a commitment at the health department budget vote to invest more than R1bn towards the maintenance and refurbishment of facilities across the province. Source: Latest News
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City of Tshwane, city manager Moeketsi Mosola eventually agree to part ways
News24 reports that embattled Tshwane city manager Moeketsi Mosola finally signed a separation agreement, which saw him vacate his position effective on 31 August. Source: Latest News
First day of work on Sunday for City of Johannesburg’s 1,879 in-sourced cleaners
News24 reports that a total of 1,879 cleaners started their first day of work for the City of Johannesburg on Sunday after being in-sourced. Source: Latest News
Government remembers 27 police officers who died in the line of duty in last year
News24 reports that the police and government have paid their respects to 27 police officers, including a reservist, who lost their lives in the line of duty in the last financial year. Source: Latest News
Deputy agriculture minister S’dumo Dlamini was not poisoned, says Cosatu’s Zingiswa Losi
News24Wire reports that Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi has rubbished claims that her predecessor and the current deputy minister of agriculture, land reform and rural development, S’dumo Dlamini, was poisoned. Source: Latest News
Take-home pay increased by 0.9% in real terms in July
BusinessTech reports that according to the latest BankservAfrica Take-home Pay Index, take-home pay in SA increased above inflation in July 2019, thereby providing a slight boost to household spending. Source: Latest News
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee opposed to retrenchments at Necsa
Engineering News reports that Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy is opposed to any retrenchments at the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) in order to cope with the corporation’s current financial crisis. Source: Latest News
Prasa announces IT executive’s dismissal over illegal contract
Fin24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) announced on Wednesday evening that its group executive for information technology, Chris Mbhatha, had been found guilty for his role in the illegal awarding of a contract and had been dismissed. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Thursday, 29 August 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 29 August 2019. Source: Latest News
All Gauteng state hospitals and clinics fail OHSA safety audit
News24 reports that not a single state health facility in Gauteng has been assessed as complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), according to a statement DA Gauteng health spokesperson Jack Bloom issued on Thursday. Source: Latest News