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. […]

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 […]

SABC News reports that SAMWU in Free State has called on Mangaung Metro Municipality to halt the unilateral implementation of the shift system and engage in formal consultation with organised labour. This comes after the suspension of more than 30 workers for defying the implementation of the shift system. SAMWU has won the case against […]

SATAWU would like to inform its members and all PRASA workers in general that the leadership of the union, led by the General Secretary Cde Jack Mazibuko, held a meeting with PRASA CEO Mr Hasham Emraan for the purpose of updates regarding the wage increase implementation. PRASA has indicated that they intend to immediately implement […]

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] in the Western Cape convened a media briefing this week to provide an update to its members and the public about the course action at the National Students Financial Aid Scheme [NSFAS] in light of the deadlocked wage negotiations, and the worrying developments at the Cape […]

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Ground Up reports that hundreds of people joined a march by the Municipal Employees and Civil Servants Union (MECSU) on Thursday over the outsourcing of cleaners and security guards by the City of Ekurhuleni. Council resolved in November 2024 to begin insourcing cleaners, security personnel, and waste collectors, rather than outsourcing these services to companies. But MECSU […]

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Ground Up writes that the workers are employed by several companies subcontracted by the eThekwini Municipality. The previous contract, which ran until March, allowed for workers to earn about R8,400 a month. But under a new contract, they only earn about R4,000. The municipality says the pay rates are in line with the Bargaining Council […]

VOC News reports that the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) is calling for improved conditions for police officers in South Africa. This comes after the South African Police Service (SAPS) National Commemoration Day was held on Sunday at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, which honoured officers who have died in the line of […]

Ground Up writes that Only three in every ten former miners claiming compensation from the R5-billion Tshiamiso Trust have been compensated, the Trust’s CEO Munyadziwa Kwinda told the online AGM last month. Most have been found to be medically ineligible. The Tshiamiso Trust was set up in 2019, the result of a settlement between mine workers and […]

IOL reports that a workplace injury at the Bapotrans Bus depot at Sibanye Stillwater Mine in the North West Province has uncovered a web of contradictions and questionable handling of incidents, raising urgent concerns about safety protocols and accountability at Unitrans Passenger. On July 1, 2025, workshop assistant Theo Tiro seriously injured his left ring […]