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Making headlines: Hawks arrest top Nelson Mandela Bay official, businesswoman for alleged tender corruption, Nehawu threatens full-blown strike over Covid-19 safety and, almost 2 400 medical interns recruited in 2020 in 'biggest programme in history'

Hawks arrest top Nelson Mandela Bay official, businesswoman for alleged tender corruption

The Hawks arrested a senior Nelson Mandela Bay metro official and a businesswoman for fraud in early morning operations on Friday.

Hawks spokesperson Lwando Zenzile said the official allegedly accepted a bribe of R900 000 from the contractor in exchange for a housing tender.

The alleged collusion happened between December 2014 and March 2015, Zenzile said.

Nehawu threatens full-blown strike over Covid-19 safety

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union has threatened to down tools next month if its demands to protect workers from coronavirus are not met.

The union also warned a strike at the National Health Laboratories Service would be used as a launch pad for the implementation of its national programme of action.

Nehawu is demanding the adequate provision of personal protective equipment, active involvement of workers to ensure their safety through Occupational Health and Safety committees at workplaces, psychosocial support, transport and a solidarity incentive for the patriotic contribution made by frontline workers, among others.

Almost 2 400 medical interns recruited in 2020 in 'biggest programme in history'

A total of 2 369 medical interns have joined the health workforce this year, while a further 41 who have studied abroad are being allocated across the country, Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize said on Friday.

Calling it the "biggest medical intern allocation programme in history", he said more than 650 graduates from the Nelson Mandela Fidel Castro Cuba medical programme would also soon begin their reintegration programmes in preparation for their qualifications to practice in SA.

For the 2020 year cycle, 678 of the interns have been allocated to Gauteng, 545 to KwaZulu-Natal and 322 to the Western Cape.

That’s a roundup of news making headlines today

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