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The Star reports that Cosatu has drawn a line in the sand over government’s plans to trim the public sector and unbundle troubled power utility Eskom. Source: Latest News
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ANC pleads with banks for Bosasa workers
SowetanLive reports that the ANC has called on banks to keep the accounts of Bosasa open to allow employees to receive their salaries. Source: Latest News
Parliamentary committee corrects error on National Minimum Wage Act
EWN reports that Parliament’s portfolio committee on labour has moved to correct a technical error in the National Minimum Wage Act, which came into effect on 1 January. Source: Latest News
PSC finds Muthambi broke some rules when hiring staff at private office
EWN reports that Faith Muthambi, the former Minister of Public Service and Administration, has been found to have broken some of the rules relating to the hiring of staff in her private office. Source: Latest News
Service delivery, job creation and economy are SA's main worries, Ipsos poll shows
TimesLIVE reports that the biggest worries for South Africans are service delivery, job creation and government mismanaging the economy, according to an Ipsos poll released on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Eskom workers targeted for job cuts while corrupt go untouched, says Cosatu
TimesLIVE reports that the message of Cosatu’s first deputy-president Michael Shingange on Tuesday was that the government had failed to act against those responsible for the electricity crisis, meaning that thousands of workers would now lose their jobs. Source: Latest News
Senzo Mchunu slammed by BMF for pinning Eskom's woes on black managers
ANA reports that the Black Management Forum (BMF) on Tuesday slammed African National Congress (ANC) NEC member Senzo Mchunu for blaming black managers for all the trouble at state-owned enterprises (SOEs), particularly power utility Eskom. Source: Latest News
Numsa special NEC on Wednesday to discuss plastics strike, Eskom unbundling
ANA reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will hold a special national executive committee (NEC) on Wednesday to discuss the impasse in the lengthy plastics sector strike. Source: Latest News
Three shot execution-style at Welkom mine
ANA reports that Free State police said in a statement on Tuesday that three unidentified bodies had been found with gunshot wounds to their heads at Sable mine Evaporation Area in Welkom. Source: Latest News
SA government’s AEMFC to pump R1bn into Optimum Coal after winning interim funding bid
Miningmx reports that African Exploration & Mining Finance Company (AEMFC), a company owned by the SA government, said on Tuesday that it had been awarded an option to bid for Optimum Coal Mines. Source: Latest News