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Sunday World reports that top police officers at the SAPS Tshwane Academy were unceremoniously removed from their posts after defying instruction to prepare grilled pork for Police Minister Bheki Cele’s lunch. Source: Latest News
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Western Cape rail network security guards demand their salaries after not being paid for two months
Cape Argus reports that security workers from Chippa Training Academy (CTA), a company owned by soccer club boss Chippa Mpengesi, held a protest on Monday outside Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) offices at Cape Town train station and handed over a memorandum with their grievances. Source: Latest News
Sacked Hawks Western Cape head must be reinstated, with R1.9m backpay
News24 reports that an arbitration panel has ordered the reinstatement of the former head of the Hawks in the Western Cape after she was fired for an alleged breach of security and dishonesty. Source: Latest News
Temporary manager takes over Mangaung prison in wake of revelation about Bester escape
BL Premium reports that former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron told MPs on Thursday that the escape of murderer and serial rapist Thabo Bester from the Mangaung maximum security prison in May 2022 was not an isolated event but the culmination of institutional degradation and dysfunction at the facility. Source:...
Former Southern Cape TVET College CEO and others in court over R24m tender fraud
IOL reports that former Southern Cape TVET College CEO and principal, his deputy, and business owners, who face charges of fraud, were granted bail at the George Magistrate’s Court. Source: Latest News
Joy reigns as commuter trains run in Nyanga once again
City Vision reports that the Gugulethu Development Forum (GDF) has welcomed the reinstatement of trains to Nyanga railway station. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 14 April 2023
In our Friday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Newly appointed Limpopo nurse assaulted, robbed and raped while going to work at Tzaneen clinic
TimesLive reports that a newly appointed Limpopo nurse was kidnapped, robbed and raped on Tuesday while on her way to work at Madumane Clinic in Tzaneen. Source: Latest News
Four killed, two injured after conveyor belt collapsed at Mpumalanga mine
IOL reports that four people were killed after a conveyor belt collapsed at a mine in Mpumalanga on Thursday. Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Selvy Mohlala said the incident occurred at about 11.45am and that police and rescue teams in Balfour attended at the scene. Source: Latest News
Home Affairs Minister acted outside his powers in terminating Zimbabwean Exemption Permit system, court told
GroundUp reports that the lawyers for the Zimbabwe Immigrants Forum told the North Gauteng High Court on Thursday that the Minister of Home Affairs had acted outside his powers by scrapping the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) system. Source: Latest News