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SABC News reports that the South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) says they will take to the streets to voice their dissatisfaction against Pick n Pay’s planned job cuts. SACCAWU says the retailer intends to retrench 22 000 workers. The union also alleges that Pick n Pay wants to cut workers’ benefits […]
The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU) expresses its strong condemnation for the unfolding threat to the job security and negotiated working conditions of approximately 22 000 Pick n Pay employees, just three (3) days after they celebrated May Day. The company’s threat of job losses or an acceptance of the down […]
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is deeply saddened and disturbed by the tragic loss of two mineworkers on Sunday, 3 May 2026, at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Kloof Number 8 Shaft operations. This devastating incident again highlights the urgent need for heightened safety protocols and corporate accountability within the mining sector. The accident occurred at approximately 17:30 […]
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) strongly condemns the ongoing refusal by Impala Triple M to recognize and implement the union’s legally earned organisational rights. NUM maintains that rights acquired under the Labour Relations Act (LRA) are non-negotiable mandates for compliance, not subjects for employer manipulation. On 27 February 2026, a CCMA verification report confirmed […]
Ground Up reports that at least 50 security guards stationed at Chris Hani District Municipality properties in Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape have been on strike since 19 April over their unpaid wages. The guards are employed by private companies contracted by the district municipality. They say they were last paid in full in June […]
Ground Up writes that hundreds of members of the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Buffalo City Metro marched to the city hall on Monday to hand over a memorandum of grievances. SAMWU members gathered at the North End Stadium in KuGompo and marched through the streets. Tyres were burned along the route but […]
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The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) notes, welcomes, and emphatically celebrates the landmark judgement handed down by the Labour Court on 30 April 2026—just a day before the historic commemoration of May Day, International Workers’ Day. This is not a coincidence of timing; it is a powerful and symbolic reaffirmation that the struggle […]
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Ground Up writes that water and sanitation contractors under the eThekwini Municipality downed tools this week, claiming they have not been paid for months. The contractors say some of them were last paid in December 2025. They claim that previous payments were only made after they picketed outside the water and sanitation offices in November. […]
SABC News reports that Over a thousand members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) have embarked on a strike action at Impala Platinum’s Shaft Number 1 in Rustenburg. They are demanding recognition of their union by the company providing services to Impala. It is reported that the company has a closed shop agreement with another […]
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) places on record the protracted and frustrating history of bad faith that has compelled workers at Impala Platinum Triple M to embark on protected strike action, that commenced early hours of Friday, 24 April 2026 in Rustenburg.. A History of Obstruction The road to this strike began in May 2025, […]