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Fin24 reports that axed SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner Tom Moyane will again turn to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) and will appeal the North Gauteng High Court’s dismissal of his application to overturn his sacking. Source: Latest News
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Slight rebound in growth in mining and manufacturing in fourth quarter belied by job losses
BusinessLive reports that as mining and manufacturing kicked off the fourth quarter with stronger-than-expected growth, data from Statistics SA showed that both sectors bled jobs in the third quarter. Source: Latest News
Ramaphosa calls for local government officials 'with their hands in our cookie jar' to be arrested
News24 reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for the arrest of local government officials who “put personal greed ahead of the interest of our people”. He was addressing the SA Local Government Association’s (Salga’s) national members’ assembly in Durban. Source: Latest News
Sibanye-Stillwater condemns violent protest at its Beatrix gold operations
Mining Weekly reports that precious metals producer Sibanye-Stillwater on Tuesday said the situation at its Beatrix gold operations, in the Free State, were tense. Source: Latest News
Consumer inflation ticked up slightly in November to 5.2%
BusinessLive reports that consumer inflation accelerated slightly to 5.2% in November from 5.1% in October due to higher food prices and a spike in the price of diesel. Source: Latest News
Employment in SA down 0.2% in third quarter against second quarter
ANA reports that employment in SA’s formal non-agricultural sector fell by 0.2%, or 16,000 jobs, to 9.733 million in the third quarter compared with the previous three months. Source: Latest News
Over a hundred alleged Dis-Chem strikers on bus arrested for public violence, malicious damage to property
News24 reports that a bus was escorted to the Sandton police station on Monday after the 105 occupants, alleged to be striking workers, were arrested on charges of public violence and malicious damage to property. Source: Latest News
Court dismisses bid by Tom Moyane to have his sacking from Sars overturned
BusinessLive reports that the High Court in Pretoria has dismissed Tom Moyane’s application to have his axing as SA Revenue Service (Sars) commissioner overturned. Source: Latest News
Cars set alight at bottling plant in Germiston amid plastics wage strike
ANA reports that plastics bottle manufacturing company, Mpact, said on Monday that its Wadeville Plastics Preform Plant in Germiston, Ekurhuleni, was damaged after several unidentified individuals entered the premises and damaged employees’ cars and set some alight. Source: Latest News
Gender commission chairperson is a human ‘wrecking ball’, say scared staff
City Press writes that the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) is under siege – by its own chairperson Lulama Nare, who has been described by staff as “a human wrecking ball”. Source: Latest News