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‘Currently Sita on the table has offered 5%. The PSA has lowered the demand from 12% right down to 7.5%. We've taken Sita’s position back to our members and unfortunately, they've rejected it totally,’ says Claude Naiker, spokesperson for the Public Servants Association.

A round-up of news updates, including a look at the Public Servants Association strike at the State Information Technology Agency.

Analysis of Ramaphosa’s closing address to the ANC NEC and a look at the working conditions of aid workers in Gaza.

‘The person who rocks up at the construction sites brandishing a firearm is not the head of the organisation, that's just the lowest level of the pyramid. We've actually got to try and address who is driving these extortion rackets and rings around the city,’ says Mayor of Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis.

A round-up of news updates, including a look at plans by the City of Cape Town to tackle the construction mafia.

A look at how KZN is preparing for predicted disruptive rains and a look at the impact of leadership failures in business.

‘We applaud and thank Sars on the positive move that they've made and indeed, this will yield a lot of results and we will see this corruption being rooted out of Eskom and less load shedding in the future,’ says Calvin Rafadi, crime and security analyst.

SARS Breaks Coal Syndicated in 5 Provinces

City Power to Cut off Power at Rahima Moosa and Helen Joseph Due to Non-Payment

Eskom Chair Resignation: Minister Gordhan Ordered Probe into Mpho Makwakwa

US Secretary Arrives in Israel to pledge support to Israel

‘Pensions make up a very important part of social grants, it would mean that government spending on social grants would tend to rise, putting further pressure on our fiscal resources,’ says Servaas van der Berg, professor of economics at the University of Stellenbosch.

A round-up of today’s news updates, including Johannesburg’s ongoing water crisis, human rights violations from the war in the Middle East and The ANC Youth League’s clash with Gwede Mantashe.

‘Some of the skilful people who are in the railway who can do this are still there, but up to very recently, they have not been allowed to do their job. But that has changed, a massive change has happened that I think can turn this around,’ says Jan Havenga, professor in logistics at Stellenbosch University.

A round-up of today’s news updates, including Johannesburg’s ongoing water crisis, human rights violations from the war in the Middle East and the IMF lowers growth forecasts for sub-Saharan Africa.