The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) firmly rejects the misleading claims made by NTI Business Rescue Practitioner (BRP), Mr. Thomas Samson, during his interview on Power FM on 2 September 2025. Mr. Samson failed to present any factual or constructive information. Instead, his statements were riddled with falsehoods, baseless accusations, and deliberate […]

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Ground Up reports that schooling was disrupted in Thabo Mofutsanaya District Municipality, Free State, when hundreds of South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) members took to the streets on Thursday. SADTU is demanding that Lindiwe Mabaso, the district director, resign, saying their relationship has broken down irreparably. They say a litany of grievances raised in […]

Ground Up reports that scores of truck drivers have been picketing in Markman, Motherwell since Saturday to demand higher wages from the Kalahari AutoForce company in Gqeberha. The drivers, supported by members of the Tirisano Transport and Services Workers Union (TASWU), want salary increases. They are also calling for “fairer” schedules for both long-distance and […]

News24 reports that the Municipal Employees and Civil Servants Union (Mecsu) has served the City of Ekurhuleni with a seven-day notice of its intent to strike if the City does not respond to wage demands by its metro police officers. On Wednesday, municipal spokesperson Zweli Dlamini confirmed receipt of the notice sent on Tuesday. “We are […]

Capricorn FM reports that the South African Medical Association Trade Union has welcomed the announcement by health minister Dr Aaron Motsoaledi that 1200 doctors will be employed in the 2025/2026 financial year, and they hope it will fix the current shortfall of unemployed doctors. Motsoaledi announced on Thursday that 1200 vacancies for doctors, 200 for doctors and […]

DFA reports that employees at Tupperware will be laid off after the iconic US food storage container company announced it will be closing operations in South Africa at the end of December 2024. This comes after the company filed for bankruptcy in September due to declining sales and increasingly dire financial circumstances. Following the news […]

CapricornFM reports that the Director of the Limpopo Provincial Office of the Legal Practice Council Khomotso Matsaung says the main factors affecting the relationship between farm owners, farm workers, labour tenants and farm dwellers, is the fact that farm owners are in advanced positions than farm workers. Speaking during the South African Human Rights Commission’s […]

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Sunday Independent writes that the North West Department of Health has been ordered to reinstate a male nurse and pay him nearly R1 million after he was fired for allegedly raping a mental health patient twice while in hospital. Machecha Zacharia Mathithibala was fired in May 2022 and was also unsuccessful in his internal appeal […]

SABC News reports that workers at Tritapax Construction Company in Lichtenburg in the North West have downed tools since last week. They accuse the company they are sub-contracting to, of interfering with their labour-related affairs. The employees say the main contractor, Motheo Construction Group, is making unfair demands of contract terminations which will affect their […]

SABC News reports that the South African Early Childhood Development (ECD) Teachers Union has called on the Minister of Basic Education to address their concerns and demands to be employed permanently and get compensated similarly to grade 1-12 teachers. They delivered two memorandums to the Department of Basic Education on Wednesday. The union has given […]