South Africans must insist on innovative solutions and new policies to ensure that when the country emerges from this governance and economic crisis, it does so not only aware of the country’s weaknesses but also primed to effect the necessary changes, writes Pieter du Toit.

Hairdressers have been forced to go underground as lockdown regulations stifle their livelihood and job security. For some, bootlegging has been 'life-saving'.

A bodyguard of Eastern Cape Social Development MEC Siphokazi Mani-Lusithi has been arrested with four others by the Green Scorpions for illegal hunting on a private farm outside East London, as well as for breaking Covid-19 lockdown regulations.

Four minutes and 28 seconds. That is how long it took a News24 reporter to find cigarettes – meant to be banned under Level 4 lockdown regulations – which were available for purchase at one of many places in South Africa.

We reassessed our hierarchy of needs, and survival always outweighs the rest. To be blunt, we would rather have load shedding than risk dying, writes Adriaan Basson.

While the phased-in reopening of schools in South Africa in the midst of Covid-19 remains provisional and sensitive, the Western Cape Education Department has advised principals and school management teams to wait a few more days before returning.

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An Out of the Comfort Zone team experiences island life as they bring Christ’s love to children and families on Gilutungan and Kinatarcan Island.

Lawrence and Susan Tong encourage the OM Switzerland team during their annual retreat.

Community encounter teams seek to serve their local communities and bring Jesus to their neighbourhoods.

The Turning Point Community Encounter team in northwest London learns to share Christ’s love with people from a Muslim background.

An OM Lifehope Community Encounter team works to plant churches in an area of England full of beauty, but one that desperately needs Christ.

Chorley Mission is a small church of mostly elderly people; a Lifehope team brings new life to the congregation through working with children and youth.

OM teams in the Near East Field share ministry updates from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.

Guayaquil, Ecuador :: Logos Hope's crewmembers visit children living with HIV, to tell them about their value in God's eyes and the power of prayer.

No, there is no typo in the headline! As many as fourteen new Royal Enfields are currently under consideration. Sounds exciting enough?

The Facebook-owned company explained that its previous exercise of limiting a forwarded message to five chats led to a 25% reduction in message forwards globally at the time.

WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has teased on social media that some "massive" news is soon to be released by his management company, sparking rumors that a title unification bout with Anthony Joshua is just around the corner.
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1. Centre issues guidelines for restarting factories post lockdown, says treat first week like test run  Zee News
2. After Vizag gas leak, new MHA guidelines on restarting manufacturing units insist on safety  Moneycontrol
3. Centre issues guidelines for manufacturing units post lockdown  ETAuto.com
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1. NDMA issues guidelines for restarting manufacturing units  Top Live News
2. Govt issues new guidelines for restarting industries after lockdown  Livemint
3. Consider Week 1 As Trial: Government On Industry Restart Post Lockdown  NDTV
4. NDMA issues guidelines on restarting manufacturing industries post lockdown  Economic Times
5. 'Consider 1st Week Test Run Period': Post Vizag Tragedy, Govt Issues Rules to Reopen Industries After Loc...  Todaynewspaper
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Hot off the press is a Court of Appeal decision dated 7 April 2009 (South Tyneside MBC v The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and Another) which held that former employing authorities are not liable to make good their funding defic...

Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, gave an insight into his whereabouts in the past few weeks. Osinbajo, who spoke through his spokesperson, Akande Laolu, disclosed that he has been attending to official matters on how to improve Nigeria’s economy. Laolu urged Nigerians to ignore […]

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HR Consultancy Temporary worker maximum pay limits revisedINPS has announced new monetary limits for temporary workers, to be revised on a yearly basis. Vouchers represent a pay system for temporary workers i.e. those workers who do not have a stand...

HR Consultancy An employee who forwards company files to his lawyer cannot be firedThe dismissal of an employee who forwarded more than 200 files, containing confidential information about the employer’s business, to his lawyer was ruled unlaw...

HR Consultancy Companies in financial difficulty: Opportunity for employees to take over companies in financial difficultyEmployees of companies in financial difficulty will be able to carry on the business of the company through advance payment of ...

HR Consultancy Jobs Act now in force – part 1Key changes are as follows:• Fixed term contracts: - no need to specify reasons justifying term of up to 36 months;- extensions admitted up to 8 times in 36 months;- no more breaks required bet...

HR Consultancy Undeclared work (black market)The Ministry of Labour has planned inspections for 2014, deciding to make no less than 230,000 checks aimed at combatting undeclared work and includes 50,000 accesses and a focus on the 11 “metropol...

HR Consultancy Jobs Act: the draft law passed to the SenateAmong the innovations provided by the draft law - which completes the so called Jobs Act and was sent to the Senate on the morning of the 1st April, for following a parallel procedure togeth...

Human Resources JOBS ACT - Fixed term employment contract: potential fines for those companies with 20% or more of their employees on fixed term contractsCurrent proposed amendments by the Jobs Act include (i) replacing the fine for conversion of fi...

Human Resources Jobs Act converted into LawThe final version of the labor reform under the so called Jobs Act (Law Decree no. 34/2014) has come into force following the publication in the Official Gazette of the conversion Law no. 78/2014. The main ...

HR Consultancy DURC: new system officially startedThe new system of internal DURC (“Documento Unico di Regolarità Contributiva”), through which the INPS (“Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale”) ensures the regul...

HR Consultancy Jobs ActAccording to the Minister of Labour, Giuliano Poletti, the government bill is likely to be approved by the Parliament later this year. The text of the bill is likely to be approved by the Senate of the Italian Republic in July...

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1. Testing Capacity for Covid-19 Scaled up to 95,000 Per Day, Says Union Minister Harsh Vardhan  News18
2. Let`s work together by converting orange zones to green zones: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tells NE...  Zee News
3. 'We have prepared India for the worst'  Mumbai Mirror
4. Lav Agarwal: We have to learn to live with the virus  Pune Mirror
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Incoming Bank of England governor Mark Carney explains where he differs with the IMF on austerity, central bank inflation targeting and how he was made Bank of England chief even though he's Canadian.

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Saturday Night Live’s Cecily Strong was portraying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro as an out-of-control drunk long before the real Jeanine Pirro appeared to actually be drunk during a live broadcast from home during the coronavirus pandemic. 

So the season finale of SNL at Home was the perfect time for Strong’s Pirro to join “Weekend Update” anchor Colin Jost from her home to talk about the lockdown protests happening across America. 

“Good evening, Colin, I hope you’ll forgive me,” Pirro began. “I had to do my own makeup while looking into a spoon.” Asked how she’s holding up under quarantine, she said, “I’m perfectly fine. Although I’ll admit that it’s been tough for all of us. For what seems like forever, I’ve been sitting at home, drinking and complaining to whoever would listen. Then this whole coronavirus thing happened!” 

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Just hours after President Donald Trump announced that he intends to withdraw the United States from Paris Climate Agreement, three state governors announced the formation of the United States Climate Alliance, a union that will work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, even as national leadership on climate change falters.

For now, the alliance includes California, New York and Washington State. The governors of those states, Jerry Brown, Andrew Cuomo, and Jay Inslee, respectively, released a statement on Thursday describing how the new alliance will build state-level partnerships to continue aggressive American action on climate change and uphold the goals and standards of the Paris Agreement.

"The president has already said climate change is a hoax, which is the exact opposite of virtually all scientific and worldwide opinion," said Governor Brown in the statement. "I don't believe fighting reality is a good strategy—not for America, not for anybody. If the president is going to be AWOL in this profoundly important human endeavor, then California and other states will step up."

Governor Cuomo echoed that sentiment. Trump's "reckless decision to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement has devastating repercussions not only for the United States, but for our planet," he said. "This administration is abdicating its leadership and taking a backseat to other countries in the global fight against climate change."

California, New York, and Washington combined are home nearly 70 million people, about 20 percent of the US population. And their governments have already begun to take action. For example, the California State Senate passed legislation on Wednesday that mandates California to develop 100 percent of its electricity from renewable resources by 2045.

So far, no other states have signed on to the alliance, though 61 American mayors also pledged on Thursday that their cities will uphold the tenets of the Paris Climate Agreement.