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Finance Minister Tito Mboweni should be well chuffed with himself. After being slapped down by his ANC Cabinet colleagues on permanently grounding SAA, and some other attempts to nix vanity spending, he got his way in the 2021 Budget.
It’s no longer about closing the mouth of the hippo, or nurturing the aloe through a drought of revenue as it was over the past two years. In 2021, it’s plain fiscal control to reign in expenditure so South Africa’s debt can drop from its unsustainable levels.
“[G]etting our fiscal house in order is the biggest contribution we can make to support our Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. Continuing on the path of fiscal consolidation during the economic fallout was a difficult decision. However, on this, we are resolute,” said Mboweni in his Budget speech on Wednesday. “We remain adamant that fiscal prudence is the best way forward.”
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In the lead-up to Wednesday’s Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) meeting, trade unions hope to hear what alternatives KAP Industrial Holdings considered before announcing the closure of Greyhound, Magic Transfers and Mega Bus – a move that would leave hundreds of workers unemployed.
This comes after the bus operator announced on 3 February that it would be discontinuing its services with effect from Sunday, 14 February.
On Monday, the Democratised Transport Logistics and Allied Workers Union (Detawu) met Greyhound management at the first CCMA-facilitated Section 189 consultation.
The consultations require that the company be transparent with the trade unions and the workers involved and aim to “ensure the fairness of the process”, Detawu deputy general secretary Nontembeko Luzipo told
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Nehawu defends Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi amid backlash over Ace Magashule comments
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Pretoria - The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has strongly defended the election of Zingiswa Losi as president of Cosatu following social media accusations her appointment was solely because she is a woman.
The union’s reaction came after a video was circulated on social media in which Losi made comments about fraud and corruption charges against the ANC secretary-general Ace Magashule.
In the video, she answered a question from a journalist and said no one was above the law and anyone found to have transgressed laws of the country had to be held accountable regardless of the positions they occupied.