The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the Western Cape High Court’s order setting aside the proposed VAT hike of 0.5%.  This will provide relief to millions of workers who have been struggling to cope with the rising costs of living.  Working class families spend most of their income on transport and electricity […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Eastern Cape will lead a peaceful march in Buffalo City Metro Municipality (BCMM) on the 8th of April 2025 (from North End to City Hall). This march comes as a result of numerous unresolved challenges that have plagued the municipality, negatively impacting workers, service delivery, and […]

SABC News writes that the National Health, Education and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) is expected to lead a march and handover a memorandum of grievances to Premier Lazarus Mokgosi in the North West on Friday. NEHAWU says they are forced to act after seven of its members were fired for participating in a legal protest action […]

SABC News writes that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) was the first organisation at the public hearings on the 2025 budget on Tuesday to call for the removal of Value-Added Tax (VAT) hikes. Parliament’s Joint meeting of the Standing Committee on Finance and Select Committee on Finance are hosting public hearings on the […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) expresses its profound outrage at the ongoing and systemic failure of municipalities to pay workers’ salaries, a crisis that has escalated to catastrophic levels and represents nothing short of economic violence against municipal workers. Today, municipal workers across the country will be receiving their salaries, however, workers at Umzinyathi […]

Capricorn FM reports that some Emergency Medical Services workers in Limpopo have expressed frustration over working conditions at their respective stations saying they are understaffed and forced to work long hours without getting overtime benefits. The workers said this during their peaceful march to the Limpopo Department of Health head offices in Polokwane today where […]

SABC News writes that The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has warned that the government’s plan to offer voluntary early retirement to reduce the public sector wage bill might backfire. Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement that they were targeting 30 000 public servants in the plan which would […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in Mpumalanga condemns with contempt the continued attacks on frontline healthcare workers at Themba Hospital in Kabokweni. COSATU Mpumalanga is appalled by the actions of a prominent businessman, who arrived at the hospital on Saturday with a gunshot wound and insisted that healthcare workers ignore all the […]

Sunday World writes that the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) urges the Department of Health to appeal the Pretoria High Court’s ruling on health legislation unconstitutional. The High Court declared sections 36 to 40 of the National Health Act 61 of 2003 invalid in their entirety. And it has scraped them from the […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) applauds the progressive agreement to halt the retrenchments of 6 000 workers at the South African Post Office (SAPO).  This profound agreement provides relief and hope to thousands of SAPO employees and their families.  COSATU congratulates its Affiliate, the Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) for its tireless efforts on […]