Tebogo Msimanga | The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will be meeting with employers at Harmony Gold on Thursday the 29th of July 2021 where the employer will respond in detail to their demands. NUMSA is engaging the employer following the lapse of the old agreement on the 30th of June 2021. […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | The South African Breweries (SAB) has welcomed the President’s announcement to move the country to lockdown level three and officially re-open the sale of alcohol beverages. SAB Vice President of Corporate Affairs Zoleka Lisa said they believe that opening up the economy and moving the country to alert Level three is an […]
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Just News | With the National Corona Virus Command Council (NCCC) scheduled to meet Cabinet on Sunday on the government’s response to the Covid-19 third wave, the beer industry urges these decision makers to lift the alcohol ban, which has been in place since 28 June 2021, in order to prevent a total collapse of […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) says it is disappointed by the South African Reserve Bank’s failure to lower the repo rate significantly in the face of a slow-moving economy. COSATU said while they acknowledge the fact that the Reserve Bank has cut the repo rate to a four-decade low, […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | Nearly one thousand two hundred(1200) members from the Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) employed by Oceana Fishing at their Lucky Star and Amawandle Pelagic operations in St. Helena’s Bay and Laaiplek on the West Coast are on strike. This is the 7th day of a protected strike after wage talks failed […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) is urgently calling for the alcohol ban to be lifted so that legal businesses can operate, to avoid a possible collapse of the industry and the million livelihoods it supports. One hundred and sixty-one liquor outlets and distribution centres were looted and damaged in KwaZulu-Natal […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | First National Bank (FNB) is encouraging customers who have credit life insurance to consider claiming from their policies to minimise financial hardship. FNB said it made significant strides in improving its claims processing capacity over the past year to handle the uptick seen as a result of the covid pandemic CEO of […]
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Just News | Gauteng MEC for Public Transport and Roads Infrastructure, Jacob Mamabolo, will on Monday 19 July 2021, engage the freight and logistics community in an effort to pursue collaborative partnerships that will ensure efficient, cost-effective and safe movement of freight and logistics in and out of the province. The engagement forms part of […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | The South African National Taxi Council (SANTACO) and NTA in Tshwane has directed all Taxi Associations in the region to go out in full force to protect all Shopping Malls in the City against looting. People in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal looted malls and this resulted in shops being closed. As a result, […]
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Tebogo Msimanga | The Beer Association of South Africa (BASA) says it will submit an urgent Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA) application to the National Covid Command Council (NCCC) to obtain the data and evidence on which it based its decision to extend the 4th alcohol ban for another two weeks. President Cyril […]
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