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Sowetan writes that the capital city is on fire, but its mayor is in China, and won’t be cutting his trip short. Source: Latest News
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Security guard shot dead, another injured in foiled KZN South Coast cash-in-transit robbery
TimesLIVE reports that a security guard was shot dead and another injured during a foiled cash-in-transit robbery in Hibberdene, on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, on Thursday. Source: Latest News
Unemployment even worse than the gloomy official numbers suggest, says Solidarity
Engineering News reports that trade union Solidarity said on Thursday that SA’s official unemployment numbers as announced this week by Statistics SA, although alarming, nonetheless painted a rosier picture than the reality many people experienced. Source: Latest News
DA demands answers after government spent R3.2m on Geneva IOL ‘jol’
BusinessLive reports that the Democratic Alliance (DA) is demanding answers after the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) spent millions of taxpayers’ money to send a large delegation to a 12-day International Labour Organisation (ILO) conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in June. Source: Latest News
Sars suspends three executives, including Moyane’s ‘hitman’, for ‘serious allegations of misconduct’
BusinessLive reports that the SA Revenue Service (Sars) has suspended three executives who were among controversial former commissioner Tom Moyane’s close allies. Source: Latest News
Abysmal jobs numbers should spur State to protect chicken industry, says Fairplay
BusinessLive reports that according to Fairplay the latest unemployment statistics should act as a spur to government to protect the chicken industry against unfair trade which has already cost thousands of jobs. Source: Latest News
Confusion reigns over reinstated CEO Peter Moyo’s status at Old Mutual
BL Premium reports that confusion reigned on Wednesday about whether Old Mutual CEO Peter Moyo should return to work or not, with the company saying he had to stay at home while it appealed the court judgment that reinstated him. Source: Latest News
MultiChoice executives rake in millions even as pay-TV subscriptions decline and job losses loom
BusinessLive reports that in the face of declining premium subscribers in SA and retrenchments at the company, the four top executives at pay-TV provider MultiChoice earned a total of R54.5m in salaries. Source: Latest News
New critical skills list for SA expected by March 2020
BusinessLive reports that the Department of Higher Education has begun the lengthy process of compiling a new list of critical skills that will be used to determine whether a foreigner may apply for a visa to live and work in SA. Source: Latest News
Afternoon roundup of labour news on Wednesday, 31 July 2019
In our afternoon roundup, see summaries of our selection of South African labour- related stories that appeared thus far on Wednesday, 31 July 2019. Source: Latest News