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Independent News reports that on Friday Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi referred to explosive allegations made before the Zondo commission of inquiry into state capture implicating senior members of the ANC. Source: Latest News
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Protesters demanding jobs at Durban’s King Dinuzulu hospital set city bus alight
TimesLIVE reports that protesters set fire to a Durban city bus in Overport on Monday morning. Source: Latest News
City of Cape Town in 'jobs for pals’ scandal
Weekend Argus reports that the City of Cape Town council is engaged in a fresh fight over a “jobs for pals” scandal implicating the Department of Safety and Security’s JP Smith and Richard Bosman. Source: Latest News
Fawu distances itself from stabbing, injuring of schoolchildren by Blue Ribbon Bread strikers
Cape Times reports that the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu), representing hundreds of Blue Ribbon Bread workers in Salt River, Cape Town, has distanced itself from the torching of a vehicle, stabbing of a company promoter and injuring of schoolchildren. Source: Latest News
Eight senior managers at Transnet served with suspension notices
EWN reports that eight senior managers at Transnet have been served with suspension notices. Source: Latest News
Parliamentary committee says death of two cops in KZN cash heist shootout 'a huge loss'
ANA reports that Parliament’s police portfolio committee said on Sunday that more resources needed to be allocated to police specialised units combating highly trained and heavily armed cash-in-transit (CIT) robbers and for other high-risk operations. Source: Latest News
Cosatu prepares for its national strike on 13 February 2019
Independent News reports that labour federation Cosatu is gearing up for a national strike in two weeks’ time to protest against retrenchments, unemployment, corruption and racism. Source: Latest News
Roundup on Monday, 4 February 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, 1 February 2019. Source: Latest News
Unions warn SABC not to use skills audit as a means to retrench employees
The Sunday Independent reports that unions have warned the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) not to use the skills audit process as a means to retrench workers after the public broadcaster abandoned its plans to invoke Section 189 of the Labour Relations Act. Source: Latest News
EFF manifesto: corrupt government employees will forfeit pension funds, savings
EWN reports that the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) has pledged to pass legislation that would make all public representatives and civil servants forfeit their pension funds and savings if they were found guilty of corruption. Source: Latest News