The South African Democratic Teachers’ Union will lead a national march to the office of the National Treasury, Department Basic Education and Department Higher Education and Training in Pretoria on 23April 2025. This mass action is in protest against the austerity measures that are undermining public service delivery – particularly in education – and threatening […]
SAMATU encouraged by government’s planned hiring of 1200 doctors
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 […]
Samwu demands overdue salary increases for Tshwane municipal workers
IOL writes that the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) in Tshwane is calling on the City of Tshwane to pay outstanding salary increases for municipal workers after Mayor Nasiphi Moya reported a projected R2,86 billion in cash reserves. The union is demanding payment of a 3,5% salary increase for 2021, which is a long-overdue […]
Workers await offer as CCMA gives PRASA 60-Day deadline
SABC News writes that the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) has given the Passenger Rail Agency (Prasa) 60 days to present a wage offer to the workers. Currently, the employer has refused to present any salary offer due to financial challenges. This prompted labour unions SATAWU and UNTU to take the employer to the CCMA to […]
Sadtu condemns ageism and discrimination within the union’s ranks
The Mercury reports that the South African Democratic Teachers’ Union (Sadtu) has condemned growing attitudes within the union suggesting that older members should step aside for younger ones, labelling such sentiments as discriminatory and unconstitutional. Speaking at Sadtu’s recent virtual Anti-Discrimination to Workers with Disabilities workshop, vice-president for gender Dudu Nkosi warned that ageism is […]
Will the new overtime policy affect health workers?

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The Citizen reports that Gauteng Department of Health on Monday relieved concerns of the implementation of the Commuted Overtime Policy. The department issued a circular on 4 April in response to what it called “misinformation and misinterpretations” surrounding recent communication. According to the department, the confusion led to unnecessary anxiety among health workers. It also […]
SAMWU to March in Buffalo City Metro Municipality
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 […]
Pension Fund Act breached in over four Northern Cape Municipalities
SABC News writes that over four municipalities in the Northern Cape are contravening Section 13A of the Pension Fund Act 24 of 1956 by withholding third-party payments to various municipal pension funds. MEC of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Venus Blennies-Magage, last month warned implicated Chief Financial Officers and senior officials that they are breaking […]
EPWP go-slow: City set to get dirtier
DFA reports that the City is set to get messier as Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers embarked on a go-slow this week, citing disparities in their stipends. Workers, who protested outside the Sol Plaatje Municipality offices on April 2, were in uproar over monthly deductions ranging between R300 and R700 from their pay over […]
NEHAWU set to march in North West over fired members
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 […]