“Job security”, with conditions including a facility for voluntary severance and early retirement packages, is included in Telkom’s offer to its employees, the company said on Monday. “Parties were informed that the offer on job security
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City Power Johannesburg has posted load-shedding schedules on its website, but said this did not mean it would happen, the Citizen reported on Thursday. “On an annual basis we update our load-shedding schedules