ECR reports that COSATU’s Deputy President Michael Shingange has called on eThekwini Municipality to urgently implement equal pay for municipal workers doing the same jobs as their counterparts in other metros. Shingange was addressing hundreds of workers who marched to Durban City Hall on Tuesday as part of the trade union federation’s National Day of Action. He […]
Monthly Archives: October 2025
ConCourt rules fathers now entitled to same parental leave as mothers
EWN reports that the Constitutional Court has ruled that fathers are now entitled to equal parental leave as mothers. The court found that the law, as it stands, is discriminatory to fathers and is unfair and unconstitutional. Following this judgment, mothers and fathers will be able to split their four months of leave post-birth equally. […]
Court dismisses bid to stop retrenchment of SA Breweries workers
Ground Up writes that the Labour Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an urgent application by members of the Food and Allied Workers’ Union (FAWU) for an interdict stopping retrenchments at South African Breweries (SAB). On Tuesday, about 50 members wearing red union t-shirts and carrying placards picketed outside the court where the matter was heard. […]
NEHAWU to march against ‘crisis engulfing Gauteng Health’
SABC News reports that hundreds of members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (NEHAWU) in Gauteng are expected to march to the provincial Department of Health in Johannesburg on Friday to deliver a memorandum of demands. The anticipated march dubbed the Provincial Day of Action is said to be related to the crisis currently […]