Sunday Tribune reports that emplayers have been warned against locking employees inside business premises. The warning was issued by the Department of Employment and Labour following this week’s joint inter-departmental inspection blitz at clothing and textile factories on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast. Advocate Michael Msiza, the department’s acting chief director of statutory and advocacy services, […]

Ground Up reports that more than 200 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers marched in Johannesburg on Monday, demanding an end to short-term contracts. The march was organised by the Independent Liberation and Allied Workers Union (ILAWU). The workers marched from Joubert Park to the Johannesburg Social Housing Company and then to the Gauteng Premier’s […]

The Citizen reports that the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), representing 15 000 workers at Eskom, said workers are demanding a 15% wage increase, along with higher housing and other allowances. This round of wage negotiations comes weeks after the state-owned power utility revealed for the first time in eight years it has made a profit. Eskom […]

SABC News writes that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has raised concern over unexplained pension fund reduction that its members have reported. POPCRU says its members have reported a drop in their balances in their Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) statements for the period from July to September. The GEPF has attributed […]

Ground Up writes that dressed in their red and black robes, about a dozen magistrates downed their gavels to picket outside the court in Durban on Monday, demanding better working conditions and higher pay. They say they chose to protest during lunch to avoid disrupting court proceedings. Among their grievances are deteriorating working conditions and […]

EWN reports that the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Western Cape is calling on government and community leaders to condemn and address ongoing attacks on waste management staff. Between July 2024 and June 2025, over 50 cases of hijackings and robberies were reported, affecting workers in cleansing, collections, disposal, and public awareness […]

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) PWV Region today served a 48-hour notice of strike action to Pharoah Cement in Alberton following a complete deadlock in wage negotiations. The strike is scheduled to commence on Monday, 12 October 2025. The union was awarded a certificate to strike by the CCMA on 3 October 2025, confirming […]

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Sibanye-Stillwater Gold branches have overwhelmingly rejected the company’s latest wage offer, calling it insufficient to meet the rising cost of living and a failure to recognize the value of their members’ labour. The rejected offer included a 4.5% wage increase, a R50 increase to the Living Out Allowance (LOA), […]

IOL writes that affected education assistants have welcomed the intervention made by Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube to resolve the non-payment of teacher assistants, who have not been paid for months. On Wednesday, Gwarube, alongside her Department of Labour deputy minister, Jomo Sibiya, jointly addressed the media over non-payment of stipends aimed at helping education […]

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 […]