EWN reports that workers from the Tshwane municipality are set to hold a march on Wednesday demanding salary increments. In April, the Tshwane council passed the 2023/24 budget with no salary increases for all municipal employees in the current fiscal. The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Tshwane is demanding salary increases of between […]

IOl News writes that the Basic Conditions of Employment Act states that the maximum working time for an employee earning below the annual threshold of R205 433.30, is 45 hours per week. This, according to Labour Guide’s legal experts Nicolene Erasmus and Jan du Toit, is equal to a maximum of nine hours in a […]

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SABC News reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), has sought to explain why its members refused to move to other Eastern Cape health facilities after the Health Department closed the Orsmond Tuberculosis Hospital for almost two-years to patients. In response to a recent Democratic Alliance (DA) parliamentary question, the Department acknowledged […]

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City Press reports that Banyana Banyana and other women’s national teams’ long battle for equal pay, is headed for victory. According to Sumayya Khan, deputy director-general in the department of sport, arts and culture, a draft policy that will ensure that every woman representing SA in sport will receive equal pay, benefits and sponsorship, is expected […]

SABC News reports that the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Free State is demanding that the Mafube Municipality immediate pay its workers’ salaries. Workers have not been paid their May and June salaries. SAMWU has also called for the dissolution of the municipality, saying that government’s intervention has failed. Provincial Secretary, Tiisetso […]

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SABC News reports that clothing union SACTWU has welcomed a recent Gauteng High Court decision on the labelling of imported clothing as a victory that will help boost the local clothing industry. A clothing importing company had appealed to the National Consumer Tribunal after its consignment of garments was detained by the National Consumer Council […]

The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) has settled its 2023 wage negotiations  for the General Goods and Handbags (GGH) leather sector. The new wage agreement was signed today, 28 June 2023. With effect from 1 July 2023, our members in this sector will receive a 7% wage increase. In addition to […]

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Capricorn FM News reports that the African People’s Convention The African People’s Convention, joined community members and the Manyeleti Youth Forum in Bushbuckridge, have handed over a memorandum to the Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency, outlining their complaints about jobs at Manyaleti Game Reserve and a trust fund. The APC says the community’s efforts to engage with […]

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Fin24 reports that most community health workers (CHWs) in SA, except those in Gauteng, earn a stipend of around R4,000 per month, without benefits like pension or medical aid, and without the surety of a permanent pay cheque. They have been fighting for better working conditions for almost a decade – with their main goal being […]

News24 reports that the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) in the King Sabata Dalindyebo (KSD) Local Municipality has threatened a full-blown strike if municipal bosses fail to speedily address their grievances. The warning was issued during a SAMWU march to KSD and ANC regional offices, on June 14, where the union raised several grievances […]