The Citizen writes that scores of marchers including the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and alliance partners flooded the gates of ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark during a picket against the looming closure of the steel giant. On February 7, the gathered crowds demanded an end to job losses and called for the utility to return […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions staged a workers’ march in Pietermaritzburg ahead of Thursday evening’s State of the Nation Address. The trade union federation wants the local government to give feedback on several issues it raised four months ago. COSATU’s KZN branch submitted a memorandum of concerns on retrenchments, wages, the province’s unemployment rate and […]

The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] appeared in the Labour Court today, 31st January 2025 for the court to declare a final order holding the Minister of Public Service and Administration in contempt of court for failing to implement the PSCBC settlement agreement born-out of NEHAWU strike in March 2023 which the Court […]

EWN writes that the South African Transport and Allied Workers Union (SATAWU) has condemned the attacks at PUTCO depots in Mpumalanga and said the situation needed to be addressed urgently. A group of people stormed depots in the Nkangala District on Monday night and 51 buses were torched. A security guard was shot and wounded while […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) calls on the Department of Health to speedily employ Community Health Workers (CHWs) on a permanent basis as per the recent Labour Court judgement. Last year, the Federation’s militant affiliate, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) approached the Labour Court seeking to overturn a […]

GroundUp reports that on Tuesday, residents of Valdezia near Elim blocked the D4 road between Elim and Malamulele. They were once again protesting against staff shortages at their neglected local clinic, which they say has been left with only one duty nurse. After the protest last month, frustration grew as more patients were turned away due to […]

TimesLive writes that a group of unemployed KwaZulu-Natal doctors staged a sit-in outside the provincial health department’s headquarters in Pietermaritzburg on Monday. The doctors, who recently completed their community service, planned to continue the demonstration overnight and “escalate” their protest if their demands were not met within seven days. Earlier, about 150 young doctors, dismayed […]

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SABC News reports that Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau says government has met with the Mittal family, the majority owners of ArcelorMittal. Tau says this happened on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. The meeting forms part of government’s efforts to avert 3500 job losses at the company’s Newcastle and Vereniging […]

SABC News writes that the National Union of Mineworkers ( NUM) has called for the Minerals Council South Africa to halt the implementation of retrenchments in the sector. Young people from NUM and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) staged a job security demonstration outside the Minerals Council in Johannesburg. More than 40% of […]

GroundUp reports that the staff at Dora Nginza Hospital in Gqeberha have brought most activity and procedures at the facility to a standstill last week. Some nurses were on a go-slow strike while many others have been staging protesting outside the hospital, demanding their overtime pay. On Monday and Tuesday, workers gathered at the main […]