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Sunday Times reports that the ANC’s poor showing in the May elections will cost more than 120 of its employees their jobs, because fewer MPs means sharply lower parliamentary allowances. Source: Latest News
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Tshwane Council to clarify Tshwane city manager’s future in special Tuesday sitting
SowetanLive reports that the Tshwane metro council will hold a special sitting on Tuesday to discuss the future of its city manager. There has been much confusion over the position of city manager after the council resolved to part ways with Moeketsi Mosola at the end of last month. Source: Latest...
Report into massive tender looting at Emfuleni municipality fingers 31 senior managers
The Citizen reports that an interim forensic investigation report into massive tender irregularities in the Emfuleni local municipality in the Vaal has blown the lid on the extent of looting. Source: Latest News
Fired NPA executive Nomgcobo Jiba challenges Mokgoro report, approaches court for reinstatement
TimesLIVE reports that fired senior prosecutor Nomgcobo Jiba has lodged court papers to challenge retired Constitutional Court judge Yvonne Mokgoro’s report, which found her unfit for office. Source: Latest News
Ceppwawu emphatic that fuel industry is not an ‘essential services’, threatens ‘mother of all battles’
Sunday Independent reports that Cosatu affiliate, the Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood and Allied Workers’ Union (Ceppwawu), has rejected the essential services committee’s plan to declare the fuel industry an essential service. Source: Latest News
Joburg metro cop and bystander shot dead in Vlakfontein on Sunday
TimesLIVE reports that an off-duty Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) officer and a bystander were shot dead on Sunday evening. Source: Latest News
Jobs target likely to fail, warns expert
The Citizen reports that SA may not be able to achieve its employment target as set out in its Industrial Policy Action Plan (Ipap), due to slow growth in manufacturing. Source: Latest News
Standard Bank getting more bang for its buck from staff after jobs cuts
Bloomberg reports that Standard Bank is earning more per employee than anytime over the past five years after reducing the number of workers by almost 2,100 in the 12 months up to June. Source: Latest News
Political analyst identifies the next big wave of skilled workers, emigrants leaving SA
Fin24 reports that emigration rates from SA surged by about 20% in 2018/2019, which has been described as the start of the next big wave of skilled workers and emigrants leaving for greener pastures. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 12 August 2019 of weekend labour reports
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Thursday, 8 August 2019. Source: Latest News