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Fin24 reports that the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has placed its acting legal head, Thato Tsautse, on precautionary suspension over allegations of misconduct. Source: Latest News
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Hawks head signals possible prosecutions over R2.5bn missing from National Skills Fund
BL Premium reports that the Hawks (Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation) are investigating suspected fraud, corruption and money laundering in several projects tied to the National Skills Fund (NSF) for development, education and training. Source: Latest News
Prison guards may have assisted in Makhanda prison escape
IOL reports that the possibility that prison guards may have assisted seven men in their escape from Waainek Correctional Centre in Makhanda on Monday is being investigated. Source: Latest News
New Eskom board to decide CEO De Ruyter’s future, says Mabuza
BusinessLive reports that Deputy President David Mabuza indicated on Thursday that the executive’s hands were tied when it came to firing Eskom CEO André de Ruyter, whose performance has come under the spotlight amid the load-shedding gripping the country. Source: Latest News
Cele and Lamola booed at Popcru’s protests outside SAPS headquarters
News24 reports that Police Minister Bheki Cele was met with booing and jeering by members of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) after receiving a memorandum of demands which rejected the government’s proposal for a 3% salary increase. Source: Latest News
Helen Suzman Foundation to continue with legal challenge to termination of ZEP
BL Premium reports that the Helen Suzman Foundation (HSF) will pursue its legal challenge of the termination of the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) despite Department of Home Affairs (DHA) Minister Aaron Motsoaledi extending the permit to June 2023. Source: Latest News
Treasury shifts two-pot retirement system implementation to March 2024, but will allow once-off withdrawal from existing retirement savings
BL Premium reports that national Treasury has made major concessions to retirement industry and to trade unions on its proposed two-pot retirement system by extending the implementation date by a year but granting workers access to some of their previously accumulated savings. Source: Latest News
Top-ranking current and former police leaders arrested in ‘blue lights’ fraud case
BL Premium reports that six suspects, including top-ranking current and former police leaders, were arrested on Monday and Tuesday. The group, wanted in connection with the police’s “blue lights” tender fraud of 2016, is due in court on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
Public sector unions affiliated to Saftu get certificate to strike over wages
Fin24 reports that public sector trade unions affiliated to the SA Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu), which include the police, have been issued a certificate allowing them to embark on a legal strike after a failure at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC) to break a wage impasse. Source:...
Zingiswa Losi looks set to remain Cosatu president
SowetanLive reports that Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi is heading to the labour federation’s 14th national congress without her base – the SA Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu). Source: Latest News