Engineering News reports that Hlomani Chauke, chairperson of Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Home Affairs, called on Monday on the Department of Home Affairs (DoH) to consider an outright ban on cell phone usage by front line staff during working hours at all branches. Source: Latest News
SowetanLive reports that all teachers registering from the first time with the SA Council of Educators (Sace) will have to produce police clearance certificates. This policy was implemented from the first of this month. Source: Latest News
City Press reports that Denel looked at almost 100 corporate executives in its bid to fill the position of CEO, preferably with a black person. Source: Latest News
Fin24 reports that a new incentive for the global business services sector will create employment opportunities for youth in SA, according to Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies. Source: Latest News
Hilton Tarrant writes that the ANC is once again eyeing the notion of prescribed assets, in terms of which money managers will be forced to invest a portion of their funds in state-mandated areas and/or companies. Source: Latest News
News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Health plans to fast track the filling of community service nurses’ vacancies. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive writes that the exodus of Alexander Forbes (AF) executive management in the past few months is unsettling but the market is unlikely to judge the company harshly, say analysts. Source: Latest News
BusinessLive reports that the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) has placed its executive director Madoda Vilakazi on precautionary suspension pending an investigation into his leadership at the organisation. Source: Latest News
In our roundup of weekend news, see summaries of our selection of South African labour-related stories that appeared since Friday, 11 January 2019. Source: Latest News
TimesLive reports that despite putting at least ten senior executives under the axe in a bid to trim employees and minimise its bloated top management, Eskom has appointed eight executives and senior managers to a new operations team. Source: Latest News
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