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TimesLive reports that a new business and government partnership to help young people get a job for a year will be announced within the next few weeks. Source: Latest News
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'No benefits' to annual evaluations of skills of pupils, says Sadtu Western Cape
Cape Argus reports that the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union in the Western Cape has called for a boycott of the provincial education department’s annual language and maths skills tests for pupils, saying children were being over-tested. Source: Latest News
Zama zamas find miners’ bodies at Langlaagte shaft
TMG Digital/Sowetan reports that the bodies of two illegal miners were located underground at the disused Langlaagte mine in Johannesburg by a team of their fellow illegal miners. Source: Latest News
Low and deteriorating marks for SA’s maths and English teachers
BDLive reports that a new report has found that teachers in SA are getting worse and continue to fare poorly in proficiency in the key subjects of English and maths. Source: Latest News
Cosatu warns of border management bill’s threats to 10,000 jobs
BDLive reports that trade union federation Cosatu on Tuesday objected to the threats posed to about 10,000 public service jobs by the Border Management Authority Bill. Source: Latest News
Angry Samwu refuse collectors besiege Nelson Mandela Bay city hall
RNews reports that a SA Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu)-led picket laid siege to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro City Hall on Tuesday as the waste management workers demanded back-pay for overtime and bonuses. Source: Latest News
KZN conman selling school jobs for R7,000
Daily News reports that a man posing as a KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Education official has been fraudulently luring teachers and administration workers to pay as much as R7,000 for bogus employment. Source: Latest News
With 760 guards unpaid, another court orders Prasa to pay security companies
News24 the Passenger Rail Agency of SA’s (Prasa’s) troubles mounted on Tuesday after the Western Cape High Court ordered it to pay the R7.3m it owes two companies for security services by the end of business on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Table Mountain Cableway warns of possible wage strike disruption
Traveller24 reports that annual salary negotiations may disrupt services to one of Cape Town’s most visited attractions, the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway Company (TMACC) has warned. Source: Latest News
MEC seeks answers about the reasons for KZN nursing exodus
ANA reports that KwaZulu-Natal’s provincial hospital and clinic managers have been told to interview staff members who resign in a bid to learn why there has been an “exodus” of nurses. Source: Latest News