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Reuters reports that SA’s elected officials will receive salary increases of 4.4%, compared with consumer inflation of more than 6%, the Presidency said on Wednesday. Source: Latest News
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New pilots can’t be trained because exiting SAAF pilots 'stole' planes
News24 reports that Defence Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Tuesday that some of the SA Air Force’s (SAAF’s) planes were stolen and put in museums, which is why there were not enough planes for pilots to get their wings. Source: Latest News
Modimolle service delivery protesters torch police officers’ homes
ANA reports that angry protesters in Modimolle were targeting police officers’ houses and senior government officials’ properties as service delivery protests over access to clean water rumbled on in this Limpopo town. Source: Latest News
Prasa pays suspended employees R37m over three years
City Press reports that over the past three years, the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has forked out R37m to employees suspended on full pay pending disciplinary action. Source: Latest News
Public sector union members earn 40% more than nonunion private sector equivalents
BDLive reports that public sector trade unions were able to secure earnings for their members at a rate 40% higher than nonunionised employees in the private sector with the same skills and other characteristics. Source: Latest News
Tired of 'empty promises', JRA workers burn tyres, block traffic in Joburg CBD
Saying that they have grown of empty promises, Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) workers protested in the Johannesburg CBD streets for a second day on Wednesday, burning tyres and blocking traffic. Source: Latest News
Implats shaft still closed a month after deadly fire
ANA reports that Shaft 14 of Impala Platinum Holdings’ (Implats’) mine in Luka near Rustenburg remains closed following an underground fire that claimed four lives a month ago. Source: Latest News
Lily Mine whites ‘would be saved’ by now
The New Age reports that the husband of one of the three trapped Lily Mine employees said that, if they had been white, they would have been rescued within days after the mine collapse. Source: Latest News
Portia Sizani found not guilty of creating ‘ghost teachers’
ANA reports that Portia “Pankie” Sizani, wife of the ANC chief whip in Parliament, was found not guilty on five of the 15 counts of money laundering against her in the Port Elizabeth Commercial Crimes court on Tuesday. Source: Latest News
Satawu wins R28m in back pay for SAA employees outsourced in 2007
BDLive reports that the SA Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) has won R28m in back pay in a five-year legal battle against South African Airways (SAA). Source: Latest News