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Wage Agreement Expected to Be Inked Today, Western Cape Struggles With Delta Variant

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LOCAL NEWS

  • Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council in focus today as unions and govt are set to sign the public sector wage bill after months of heated negotiations
  • Western Cape Head of Health says WC is now firmly in its third wave with the Delta variant dominating case numbers.
    • Average cases are at 1,969/day in the WC with the total national number at 22,910 and 410 deaths yesterday.
    • Ramaphosa is expected to extend lockdown level 4 by two weeks over the weekend
  • Zuma will learn the outcome of the Pietermaritzburg High Court's judgement on his application for a stay of his arrest today, despite already being in jail. Analyst remain confident that it will not be successful
  • Suspended MKVA Spox Carl Niehaus fined R3k after being arrested for breaking lockdown regulations while conducting a TV interview outside the correctional facility holding Jacob Zuma.
    • He must pay the fine by 6 August or appear in the Escourt Magistrates court
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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