GroundUp reports that about 66 former employees of Tasima, a company contracted by the Department of Transport’s Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) to build a traffic information system, have not been paid salaries since December 2018. Source: Latest News
TimesLIVE reports that the City of Johannesburg and two trade unions on Monday signed a memorandum that aims to enable an “open-door” policy and resolve labour relations issues before they escalate to strike action. Source: Latest News
Business Report writes that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has called for the sacking of the board of the SA Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) after the North Gauteng High Court found on Friday that the decision by former energy minister Jeff Radebe to axe the previous...
Mail & Guardian reports that in the wake of the deregistration of the Media Workers’ Association of SA (Mwasa), one trade union is floating the idea of forming a media bargaining council. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that a man suspected of the May murder of an off-duty KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police officer has been arrested and his alleged accomplice has been shot dead. Source: Latest News
Sunday Times reports that a name on a truck is cold comfort for a Newcastle father whose firefighter son died in the Bank of Lisbon fire in Johannesburg on 5 September last year. Source: Latest News
Staff members at Legal Aid SA went on strike on Monday over a variety of employment grievances, including benefits and budget cuts. Source: Latest News
Sunday Tribune reports that South African truck drivers have lambasted state departments for failing to ban illegal foreigners allegedly employed by Durban logistics companies. Source: Latest News
Bloomberg reports that Steinhoff International’s former chief executive officer Markus Jooste regards the company’s claim for more than R850 million against him as “vague and embarrassing.” Source: Latest News
Sunday Times Business Times reports that executives of nonperforming state-owned enterprises (SOEs) that rely on government bailouts for survival are set to lose out on bonuses and the hefty pay increases they have received in the past. Source: Latest News
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