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BL Premium reports that the Treasury’s proposals for a two-pot retirement system to cater for preservation and access to retirement funds in cases of financial need will also apply to retirement annuities and defined benefit funds. Source: Latest News
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Telkom CEO Sipho Maseko to step down half a year earlier than planned
Moneyweb reports that Telkom Group CEO Sipho Maseko will step down at the end of this month, half a year earlier than originally planned. Source: Latest News
Sibanye-Stillwater, unions establish picketing rules in gold wage negotiation process
Mining Weekly reports that Sibanye-Stillwater has established picketing rules with labour unions under the auspices of the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA). Source: Latest News
SA officially off UK travel red list, just in time for holidays
BL Premium reports that SA and 10 other African countries have been removed from the British government’s Covid-19 red list after it was slammed as “travel apartheid” by a number of leaders. Source: Latest News
Ousted Prasa CEO Zolani Matthews takes agency to court over dismissal
TimesLive reports that ousted Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) CEO Zolani Matthews is taking the rail and passenger utility to the labour court in an attempt to have his dismissal overturned. Source: Latest News
Morning roundup of labour news on Tuesday, 14 December 2021
In our Tuesday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News
Kopanong municipality suspends municipal boss as employees strike over unpaid salaries
TimesLive reports that the Kopanong municipality in the Free State’s Xhariep district suspended municipal manager Martin Khubeka on Friday. Source: Latest News
China offers 300,000 free Sinovac vaccine jabs to SANDF soldiers
News24 reports that the China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which over the past year has made vaccine donations to foreign militaries in 28 countries, has offered 300,000 free doses of the CoronaVac inoculation, manufactured by Sinovac, to the SA National Defence Force (SANDF). Source: Latest News
President Ramaphosa in 'good spirits' with mild symptoms after Covid-19 infection, says Presidency
News24 reports that Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele indicated on Monday that President Cyril Ramaphosa remained in good spirits and was recovering, with “mild symptoms”, following a Covid-19 infection. Source: Latest News
Reprieve for Zimbabwean Exemption Permit holders facing threat of deportation and loss of jobs
Moneyweb reports that hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans in SA under so-called Zimbabwean Exemption Permits (ZEPs) were granted a reprieve on Monday when the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) unexpectedly withdrew a directive it issued last month requiring them to apply for what it had called “mainstream” visas. Source: Latest...