OFM News reports that increasing attacks on emergency medical services (EMS) personnel and poor working conditions in the Free State came under the spotlight when hundreds of EMS workers took their frustrations to the streets of Bloemfontein on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Thursday, 22 August 2019. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that suspended City of Cape Town transport executive director Melissa Whitehead has resigned after being found guilty on two charges at a disciplinary hearing on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that justice and correctional services minister Ronald Lamola has moved to avoid debilitating industrial action that could have resulted in a total shutdown of all Legal Aid SA offices in the country. Source: Latest News
The Citizen reports that the Johannesburg School for Autism was brought to a standstill on Wednesday after teachers belonging to the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) downed tools in their second strike in two weeks. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a police sergeant and two constables appeared in the Cape Town Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday on charges of corruption, theft and defeating the ends of justice. Source: Latest News
Moneyweb reports that construction work on the new R200 million Durban Cruise Terminal will commence in November and is due to be completed in 2021. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that July’s headline inflation rate (CPI) marked the eighth consecutive month that year-on-year consumer prices were at or below the midpoint of the target range of the SA Reserve Bank (Sarb). Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police constable has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a R7,000 bribe. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that four men have been found guilty of murdering Captain Nkosenye Welcome Ntombela in an armed robbery in KwaZulu-Natal in 2016. Source: Latest News
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