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Independent News reports that the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) last week adopted the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Bill, which will name and shame those using fraudulent academic qualifications. Source: Latest News
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Numsa denies ‘politicised’ workers are a threat to a turnaround at Eskom
Mail & Guardian reports that senior ANC and alliance leaders say the politicisation of Eskom’s workforce will be a key challenge to any turnaround plan at the state-owned power utility. Source: Latest News
Civil service crackdown with new intradepartmental unit to tackle corruption, mismanagement
The Citizen reports that a new intradepartmental corruption-busting unit is in the pipeline to deal with graft, matters of ethics and integrity and financial mismanagement at the highest level of government. Source: Latest News
Hospersa warns that SA’s health system is putting workers at risk of getting TB
ANA reports that according to the Health and Other Services Personnel Trade Union of SA (Hospersa), serious shortcomings in the SA health system were putting workers in the health sector at great risk. Source: Latest News
Cape Town and national government discuss city’s bid to manage commuter rail services
BusinessLive reports that according to transport minister Blade Nzimande, negotiations between the national government and the City of Cape Town, which could see the metro taking over the management of commuter rail services, were continuing. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 25 March 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 Friday, 22 March 2019. Source: Latest News
Two paramedics robbed at gunpoint in Khayelitsha on Saturday night
EWN reports that attacks on Emergency Medical Services (EMS) workers continue in Cape Town with two paramedics having been the latest to be attacked. Source: Latest News
Department of Labour inquiry into deadly Durban structural collapse to reconvene in June
ANA reports that the Department of Labour (DoL) said on Tuesday that an inquiry into a Durban structural collapse that left four people dead had gone into recess and would reconvene on 18 June. Source: Latest News
Six arrested in North West for illegal mining
OFM reports that on Thursday, North West police arrested six people, including a woman, in connection with alleged illegal mining activity in Khuma, located outside the mining town of Stilfontein. Source: Latest News
Parliament passes amendment to National Minimum Wage Act to correct technical error
ANA reports that Parliament has finally passed an amendment to the National Minimum Wage Act after a technical error was picked up in the initial legislation. Source: Latest News