Nxesi’s new directive further streamlines UIF Covid-19 relief scheme
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi has made further changes to the directives governing the Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme of the Unemployment Insurance Fund, following ongoing...
View ArticleChildren’s author, publisher make Covid-19-awareness book available for free
As part of the response to fight the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business senior lecturer Athol Williams and his artist wife Taryn Lock have...
View ArticleUniversities develop public Covid-19 data-sharing repository, dashboard
A collaborative effort between the University of the Free State’s (UFS’s) Centre for Teaching and Learning and the University of Pretoria’s Data Science for Social Impact research group led to the...
View ArticleLockdown has revealed sad fault line in society – Ramaphosa
As South Africa battles the spread of the novel coronavirus, President Cyril Ramaphosa has pointed out that the national lockdown has revealed a “very sad fault line” in society. In his weekly message...
View ArticleNxesi seeks additional processing capacity as first R1.1bn in TERS claims are...
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi reports that his department is in discussion with other public entities and the private sector to build additional capacity in order to fast-track the...
View ArticleSAPS members that violate the regulations undermine government’s efforts -...
South African Police Service (SAPS) Major General Leon Rabie on Tuesday said the abuse of power or involvement in any illegal activities by the members of his organisation during the coronavirus...
View ArticleChief executives report degradation in economic outlooks as Covid-19 crisis...
Nonprofit international leadership community organisation YPO’s latest international Covid-19 survey has found that 84% of the 3 534 respondents are more negative about the outlook for the months ahead...
View ArticleUCT sets up dedicated Covid-19 emergency fund
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has set up a Coronavirus Disease 2019 emergency fund to assist in the fight against the virus and its impact on the UCT community. The university has urged members of...
View ArticleLabour dept making good progress on Covid-19 TERS payments
The Department of Employment and Labour has ramped up its payment of Covid-19 Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (TERS), as well as normal benefits, to ensure workers are not inconvenienced...
View ArticleSolidarity Fund raises R2.6bn
Government’s pro bono organisation, the Solidarity Fund on Thursday expressed gratitude to all those who have so far donated to the fund, which has received R2.6-billion in pledges to respond to the...
View ArticleAssociation improves technicians training
The Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Safety Association of South Africa has been investing in improving its LPG technicians’ installation training through collaboration with the Department of Employment...
View ArticleCovid-19 to forever change the face of offices, says Business Exchange
Covid-19 and the South African lockdown have forced companies across the board to embrace strategies that allow their employees to continue working, but from home. And while this has been a relief for...
View ArticleGold likely to rise as global Covid-19 restrictions start to ease
Financial services company INTL FCStone Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia market analysis head Rhona O’Connell says the majority of precious metals have moved into uncertain territory, with...
View ArticleGovt urged to plan ‘for the long haul’ post-Covid-19
Without an effective reconstruction of South Africa’s growth path and distribution, the country will face “years of debt distress”, University of Witwatersrand (Wits) adjunct professor Michael Sachs...
View ArticleBLSA suggests rethink of how to ease business into staged lockdown
Getting some previously shut sectors back into safe production is key to getting the economy moving again, as has been done with the phased easing of the lockdown, suggests business promotion agency...
View ArticleUFS has trained 500 hospital staff on the use of PPE since lockdown started
The University of the Free State (UFS) says its Department of Anaesthesiology, in collaboration with the Clinical Simulation and Skills Unit, has trained 500 hospital staff members to deal with the...
View ArticleTERS benefit set to be extended to staff of non-UIF compliant firms
The South African government is willing to consider extending the Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS) to employees of firms that are currently not fully compliant with the Unemployment...
View ArticleUIF tweaks online platform to be more informative
The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has tweaked its systems to ensure that more pertinent information is available on its online platform. Employers, employees and organised labour are now able to...
View ArticleCovid-19 underscores need for multidisciplinary approach to diseases in Africa
The Covid-19 pandemic that has swept the globe has become an additional burden in Africa’s list of epidemics and noncommunicable diseases, highlighting the continent’s vulnerability to disease, and...
View ArticleProductivity SA proposes economic recovery plan
Employment growth and productivity promotion agency Productivity SA has drawn up a document to potentially address economic shortcomings brought about by the spread of Covid-19 and economic disruptions...
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