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SowetanLive reports that a senior manager of an agricultural machinery distributor who repeatedly used the k-word to refer to black people during a presentation at a dealership in Ermelo, Mpumalanga, has been let off the hook after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) declined to prosecute him. Source: Latest News
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Firing De Ruyter now is like booting the pilot while plane is crashing
The Citizen writes that there are mixed feelings about whether the head of Eskom, André de Ruyter, should be booted out in the midst of the current load shedding. Source: Latest News
Metrorail’s train service between Cape Town and Malmesbury withdrawn amid 'negotiations' with locomotive provider
News24Wire reports that Metrorail has withdrawn its train service between Malmesbury and Cape Town, in what the Western Cape government has dubbed a “major setback”. Source: Latest News
Popcru reiterates its calls for justice cluster to address issues affecting policing
EWN reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has again hit out at the Criminal Justice Cluster (CJC) over a number of issues affecting the policing sector. Source: Latest News
ANC staffers down tools again over unpaid salaries, as party budgets R50m for conference
News24 reports that while the ANC will likely have a budget of around R50 million for its December elective conference, its staffers have resorted to protest action as they face another month without their salaries. Source: Latest News
No Tshwane busses on Monday afternoon because of fuel shortage
Maroela Media reports that on Monday afternoon the Tshwane Metro suspended its bus service due to a looming fuel shortage for its busses. Source: Latest News
Public service unions reject 3% wage, to march in Tshwane on Tuesday to deliver demands to Treasury and Ramaphosa
BL Premium reports that public service unions have rejected the government’s revised final offer of 3% for SA’s more than 1.3-million public servants, who are demanding inflation-beating increases. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 20 September 2022
In our Tuesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
All-out zama zama turf war erupts in Joburg, with mutilated bodies in Maraisburg linked to displacement of Krugersdorp group
Sunday Times reports that a bloody turf war among illegal miners in Maraisburg, western Johannesburg, where 10 bodies were found last week, is directly linked to the displacement of the gang believed to be behind the Krugersdorp mass rapes. Source: Latest News
Five SANDF members killed on Saturday in Mpumalanga in collision with tree
TimesLive reports that five members of the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) were killed when their vehicle collided with a tree on Saturday in Mpumalanga. Source: Latest News