Ground Up reports that workers from the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) didn’t report for duty all day on Tuesday. This comes after negotiations with the university management broke down over the weekend.wAbout 150 employees marched from Sarah Baartman Hall to Bremner Building to picket outside UCT’s administrative offices. Professional, administrative and support […]

The Star writes that the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (Satawu) has vehemently denied rumours doing the rounds alleging its members employed by the North West Star bus service had sabotaged buses at depots in Tshwane. As of early today, images of a bus depot and a bus with its tyres slashed started […]

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The Communications Workers Union is dismayed at the allegations in Sunday media reports about the suspension of two senior SABC Executives with a third one resigning. A News24 media report state that the Chief Operating Officer Ian Plaatjies has been suspended along the  Group Executive for Video Entertainment Merlin Naicker while  Group Executive for Sales […]

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Ground Up writes that over 80 unemployed doctors marched from UNISA campus on Longmarket Road to the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health’s offices in Langalibele Street, Pietermaritzburg, on Monday. They went to hand over their CVs and a memorandum demanding that the healthcare budget be increased to accommodate over 700 qualifying medical practitioners. The department was […]

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] welcomes the Labour Court judgement declaring the settlement agreement concluded at the PSCBC in 2023 following the public service strike enforceable. The public service strike was called off after the parties at the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council [PSCBC] through a facilitated process entered into the […]

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IOL News reports that Durban’s uShaka Marine World is expected to be closed from Monday due to a strike over wages. Workers issued management with a strike notice after they reached a stalemate during wage negotiations. On Friday, uShaka CEO Ndabo Khoza, said the labour union representing staff has taken up the matter with the Commission for Conciliation […]

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This year’s Mining Indaba in Cape Town on 5-8 February, celebrated 30 years of existence with over 10,000 delegates from the mining industry, governments, civil society organisations, and trade unions. Dialogues and conversations took place under the theme “Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining.” In the opening address […]

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Ground Up reports that the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) is planning to strike on Thursday after failed negotiations with the university management. In the strike notice issued on Tuesday, the union’s executive committee said that it has “exhausted all avenues of a non-strike resolution to our dispute and demands” and was left […]

EWN reports that Labour experts at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town have warned that it’s bad for businesses to lock labour unions out as tensions in the industry persist. The latest warning comes hot on the heels of several disruptive strikes seen by the industry last year. This includes hostage dramas that gripped the […]