SABC News writes that Several City of Johannesburg employees affiliated to the South African Municipal Worker’s Union (SAMWU) have been injured after the police fired rubber bullets at protesting workers. SAMWU members had barricaded several roads in the Braamfontein area yesterday afternoon, causing traffic disruptions that affected various routes including the M1 Highway. They were demanding […]
Monthly Archives: December 2024
DENOSA wants Gauteng Health MEC to urgently intervene at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
EWN reports that Nursing union DENOSA has raised alarm over poor hygiene conditions at the Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, blaming an ongoing linen shortage allegedly caused by malfunctioning laundry equipment. Healthcare workers say the pile-up of soiled linen in corridors and units has become a daily sight, compromising cleanliness and patient care. DENOSA said […]
DENOSA criticises lack of security at N Cape Health facilities
SABC News reports that the Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in the Northern Cape has raised concerns over the lack of security at health facilities, following the stabbing of a 23-year-old man at the Galeshewe Day Hospital on Sunday. DENOSA Northern Cape Chairperson Derek Sak says repeated requests to the provincial Health Department to address […]
Calls for the inclusion of disabled people in SA’s job market
SABC News writes that Lobby group, Disabled People South Africa (DPSA), has called on government and the private sector to do more to ensure that people with disabilities are included in the labour market. The organisation has expressed its disappointment over the low representation of people with disabilities in the Limpopo Public Works, Roads, and Infrastructure […]
Tshwane takes workers’ wage dispute to Labour Court
Sunday World writes that as the municipality was unable to come to an agreement with its workers regarding a pay rise, Nasiphi Moya, the mayor of the City of Tshwane, says that they had taken their case to the Labour Court. The backlog of wage increases, according to Moyo, was inherited from the previous administration, […]
FS healthcare contract workers demand to be reinstated
SABC News reports that Free State healthcare contract workers whose employment was terminated are demanding reinstatement. They were employed at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their contracts were not renewed at the end of October. The frustrated workers marched to ANC’s Kaizer Sebothelo building to demand answers. Government says R49 million has been made […]
Job losses as Tupperware shuts SA operations end of December
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 […]
Farm workers need safe space to air grievances
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 […]