Phase 2 of teaching assistant jobs on the cards – Basic Education Dept
The first phase of Basic Education Department’s Presidential Youth Employment Initiative created 320,000 teaching assistant jobs.
SA Economy
Govt extends R200b COVID-19 loan guarantee scheme by 3 months
Despite low uptake by small businesses, the National treasury, SA Reserve Bank and Banking Association of SA have extended the scheme by three months.
SA scores another R14b COVID-19 loan from BRICS New Development Bank
The BRiCS New Development Bank has approved a second $1 billion COVID-19 loan to South Africa to support its economic recovery.
Ramaphosa blames banks for failure of R200b COVID-19 loan guarantee scheme
President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed disappointment in the way banks have managed the R200 billion COVID-19 loan guarantee scheme.
IRR to Ramaphosa: Govt risks tax revolt if tax burden, ‘citizen abuse’ continue
IRR said “citizen abuse” includes stealing from taxpayers, wasting resources, appointing incompetent officials and failing to tackle corruption.
Tito Mboweni announces social grant increases in 2021 budget speech
However, the social grant increases announced by Finance Minister Tito Mboweni are less than inflation.
Call to extend ECD relief fund application deadline by 2 weeks
The C-19 People’s Coalition’s ECD & Basic Education Working Group said the two-week deadline for workers to complete the application process is too short.
South Africa recovers 2.1 million jobs lost during level 5 lockdown – survey
The latest National Income Dynamics Study Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) reveals a significant labour market recovery.
Eskom implements stage 3 load shedding citing ‘loss of generating units’
This is the second time in several days that Eskom has implemented load shedding, signalling a deterioration of South Africa’s power supply constraints.
Presidential Employment Stimulus has supported 433,000 jobs – Ramaphosa
186,879 opportunities are currently open for recruitment/applications, while 72,672 are still in the pipeline, the Presidency said.