ENERTRAG stresses need to bolster gender parity in renewables industry

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Engineering News writes that despite the significance of the renewable energy sector’s employment influence – with it expected to provide over 38-million jobs, with an additional 74.2-million in the energy transition-related sector – gender gaps persist across the globe, with South Africa being no exception. “If our country is to join the global energy transition to keep the […]

Domestic workers battle with workplace compensation

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GroundUp reports that nearly three years since the Constitutional Court ordered that domestic workers be included in legislation aimed at giving them better protection in the workplace, domestic workers say they still struggle to get compensation, and they suffer widespread abuse and unfair treatment by employers. A hundred domestic workers gathered at the Union Buildings […]

North West Health to avail armed guards to protect EMS personnel

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SABC News writes that the North West Department of Health says it will work together with the South African Police Service and the Security Cluster to avail armed guards to escort ambulances in crime hotspot areas. This comes after two female ambulance crew were attacked while attending to a call at Jouberton in Klerksdorp. Spokesperson, […]

Pension funds can’t deviate from beneficiary instructions without proper investigation

Fin24 reports that the Pension Funds Adjudicator has ordered Alexander Forbes to pay a deceased retirement fund member’s benefits as his beneficiary form had ordered, and not according to its own calculations. The latest ruling from the adjudicator, whose role is attending to pension fund complaints, concluded that Alexander Forbes Retirement Fund paid a deceased […]