[ad_1] An alleged thief, who was wounded while his two alleged accomplices were killed in a shootout with police on Tuesday, has been arrested. He is accused of being part of the group of three, believed to be part of a union that commits commercial robberies in and around the …
Read More »Why should South Africa move to level 2 now?
[ad_1] Business for SA (B4SA) has stated that quickly moving South Africa to a level 2 blockade will save more than a million jobs, while allowing people to stay safe and follow COVID-19 health protocols. A report from the Sunday Times In the B4SA statement, he said the group is …
Read More »Coronavirus: hairdressers plan to brush the law to reopen salons during closure
[ad_1] Hairdressers are among the many service providers who lose their income during the coronavirus blockade that has been in place since March 26. To add insult to injury, many of them are small business owners or freelancers, which means they don’t qualify for unemployment insurance benefits. Despite the easing …
Read More »The SAA reduction process reaches a critical point …
[ad_1] The Labor Court ruled that the redundancy notices issued to nearly 5,000 workers were “unfairly procedural” under section 136 of the Companies Act because SAA rescue practitioners Les Matuson and Siviwe Dongwana have not filed a decisive plan on how the airline will be rescued. SAA’s lengthy commercial rescue …
Read More »South Africa to introduce new changes to BEE to drive transformation
[ad_1] The Department of Employment and Labor will amend and enact changes around South African employment equity regulations to address issues related to equal opportunity and inclusion. Introducing the department’s annual strategic plan to parliament on Thursday (May 7), the director-general for employment and labor, Thobile Lamati, said that includes …
Read More »It is not difficult to catch cigarettes
[ad_1] It’s that easy to buy cigarettes: a few WhatsApp messages, an order placed, an ‘Uber’ delivery and voila. WhatsApp and Uber have made selling cigarettes easy. We wanted to test how easy it is to buy them under lockdown. Through a friend, we sent a WhatsApp to a merchant, …
Read More »An exclusive look at South Africa’s COVID-19 BCG vaccine trial
[ad_1] Cape Town-based clinical research organization TASK has recently begun work on the practical application of a BCG (Bacillus Calmette – Guérin) vaccine trial and its potential ability to halt COVID-19. Led by Professor Andreas Diacon and Dr Caryn Upton, the aim of the study is to determine if BCG …
Read More »Joburg faces flood of migrant workers looking for work: mayor
[ad_1] According to its mayor, almost a million people in Johannesburg, the commercial center of South Africa, need food aid due to movement restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Although South Africa has fewer than 9,000 infections, it remains one of the highest numbers on the continent. The government …
Read More »Ramaphosa calls for debts in poor African countries to be canceled to help fight coronavirus
[ad_1] President Cyril Ramaphosa called for exemption from interest payments and possible cancellation of debt for low-income countries in Africa to manage the fight against the spread of the coronavirus. Ramaphosa said this during a virtual meeting with the heads of state of the neighboring countries of South Africa. In …
Read More »Man Arrested for Series of Tshwane Lock-In Robberies, ‘Accomplices’ Killed in Police Shootout
[ad_1] An alleged thief, who was wounded while his two alleged accomplices were killed in a shootout with police on Tuesday, has been arrested. He is accused of being part of the group of three, believed to be part of a union that commits commercial robberies in and around the …
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