IOL News reports that while some residents in Gauteng are protesting over illegal immigration, scores of City of Joburg employees affiliated with SAMWU sang struggle songs outside the ANC’s Luthuli House headquarters over alleged delays in implementing the R10.3 billion Politically Facilitated Agreement (PFA). Workers from different entities within the City of Johannesburg gathered outside […]
Monthly Archives: June 2026
SATAWU secures pay increase for security workers
SABC News reports that the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU), which represents members in the private security sector, has signed a three-year wage agreement with employers. The agreement provides for a wage increase of 5.7 percent in the first year, followed by increases of 5.5 percent in both the second and third […]
Illness at work – the rules, rights and risks every workplace should know
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IOL News writes that a recent tragic incident at a Johannesburg workplace has renewed attention on how illness is managed in South African workplaces, highlighting the potential human and legal consequences when processes and communication break down. For both employers and employees, handling illness at work remains one of the most sensitive areas of employment […]
CEPPWAWU welcomes landmark Labour Court victory for 24 dismissed workers at Hoya Lens South Africa (Pty) Ltd
The Chemical, Energy, Paper, Printing, Wood, and Allied Workers Union (CEPPWAWU) is proud to announce a major legal victory in a long-standing labour dispute involving twenty-four of our members employed by Hoya Lens South Africa (Pty) Ltd. The matter, cited as CEPPWAWU obo Moyo Golden and 23 Others, reached a decisive conclusion when the Labour […]
Services return as SAMWU strike in Pietermaritzburg ends
SABC News writes that residents of Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu-Natal can expect the gradual restoration of municipal services following the suspension of a two-week strike by municipal workers. The uMsunduzi Municipality has welcomed the breakthrough reached during discussions between management and the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) at the Local Labour Forum. The strike was driven by workers’ demands […]
COSATU march to SA Reserve Bank in Pretoria over ‘high cost of living’
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GroundUp reports that more than 200 members of unions affiliated to the Congress of SA Trade Unions (COSATU) marched to the offices of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB) in Pretoria on Friday to protest about the high cost of living and unemployment, among other concerns. This follows a recent decision by the Reserve Bank to increase […]
POPCRU welcomes Labour Appeal Court victory against DCS on G4S/Mangaung Section 197 matter
The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) welcomes yesterday’s Labour Court outcome dismissing the Department of Correctional Services’ application to stay the execution of its previous Labour Court judgment declaring that Section 197 of the Labour Relations Act applies to the transfer of the Mangaung Correctional Center to the Department of Correctional Services. This […]
Post Office must modernise to survive after business rescue, says union
EWN reports that the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has welcomed the news that the South African Post Office (SAPO) is on its way to formally exiting business rescue. Business rescue practitioners approached the Pretoria High Court to end the process, saying that SAPO is no longer technically insolvent and has implemented its rescue plan. The […]
Cosatu’s call to action: Addressing the rising costs of living in South Africa
Business Report writes that the working class is under siege from the increasingly painful costs of living, rising unemployment and the subsequent crises of poverty, inequality, crime, corruption and overstretched public services. The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will be holding a national protest against the rising costs of living on Friday 19 June to send a clear message […]
Unemployed doctors protest in Pietermaritzburg
GroundUp writes that about 50 unemployed doctors protested outside the offices of the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health in Pietermaritzburg on Wednesday, demanding jobs. In a memorandum to Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane, the doctors demand postings for some 200 unemployed doctors in the province. They also demand a sustainable plan to address unemployment in the future, […]