The Citizen reports that the principal of Madisong High School in Hammanskraal has been temporarily reassigned pending an investigation into allegations of physical assault against students. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) says it will dock the pay of teachers and office-based staff who participated in a national march by the SA Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) on Wednesday. Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that SA banks and insurers have bucked the trend and revealed their minimum pay – and according to the data provided it is much higher than the legislated minimum wage. Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that MPs heard on Tuesday that the government was struggling to trace almost 75,000 former miners who were owed R1.3bn in compensation for lung diseases contracted at work. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that a minibus taxi driver and a commuter had to be freed from the vehicle on Wednesday afternoon after a collision along Kloof Nek Road in Tamboerskloof, bordering Gardens, in Cape Town. Source: Latest News

BL Premium reports that consumer inflation eased to 2.7% in March, from 3.2% a month earlier, but despite the more favourable conditions economists remain unconvinced that the SA Reserve Bank (SARB) will cut interest rates soon. Source: Latest News

News24 reports that the mood outside of the Tembisa Provincial Tertiary Hospital was calm on Wednesday following a second blaze at the facility in just a few days. Source: Latest News

In our Thursday morning roundup, see summaries of our selection of recent South African labour-related reports. Source: Latest News

Moneyweb reports that Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has finally caved to widespread pressure by canning the planned 0.5 percentage point hike in Value-Added Tax (Vat). Source: Latest News

IOL News reports that a man who was a patient has been arrested in Limpopo after he allegedly assaulted a nurse at Malamulele Hospital. Source: Latest News