News24 reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has issued a notice of possible redundancies that could affect some 600 employees.  

The public broadcaster indicated in a statement on Thursday that this followed consultations with key stakeholders and added that it was in line with a new strategy aimed at "transforming the Corporation into a financially sustainable, self-sufficient and fit-for-purpose public broadcaster".  In its statement, the broadcaster did not mention any impact related to the coronavirus.  The SABC has, however, suffered long-standing financial woes, and has received billions in government bailouts to stay afloat.  "Organised labour as well as representatives of the non-unionised employees will be consulted within a meaningful joint consensus seeking process as mandated by Section 189 of the LRA," the organisation indicated.  The Communication Workers Union’s (CWU’s) Aubrey Tshabalala advised that the union had not yet received formal notification of a Section 189 process, but he described the announcement of possible redundancies as "disturbing" and "a mistake".

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Marelise van der Merwe at News24

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