The Witness reports that refuse collection services across Msunduzi face further disruptions after municipal waste management workers blocked access to the city’s Havelock Road depot and vowed to continue protesting until long-standing salary grading disputes are resolved. The protesting employees on Monday blocked access to the depot by burning tyres and piling rubble at the […]

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EWN reports that skyrocketing fuel prices are pushing workers to the edge, with some saying they can no longer afford to travel to work. Rising petrol costs, alongside increases in electricity and insurance, have placed growing pressure on household budgets. For many employees, commuting is becoming unaffordable before the end of the month. Remote work […]

Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) has made an impassioned plea to the government to extend the fuel levy relief and protect workers from steep fuel price hikes. Fuel prices are set to increase on Wednesday, with petrol by over R3.00  per litre, and diesel users will have to fork out over R6.00 more per litre. […]

SABC News reports that South African vaccine manufacture, Biovac, is set to employ over 700 high-end skilled individuals. It has secured a financing package of one-eight-billion rand from the International Finance Corporation, the European Commission, and European Investment Bank. It will build Africa’s first end-to-end multi-vaccine manufacturing site in Cape Town. The aim is to advance […]

SABC News reports that more than 1200 mineworkers from Ekapa Minerals in Kimberley are still battling to receive salaries and other payments due to them since February this year. That’s after the mine suffered a mud-rush incident in the same month, which claimed the lives of five mineworkers. After the mud-rush incident the mine then applying for liquidation […]

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and United Association of South Africa (UASA) is currently engaged in intensive wage negotiations with Goldfields at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways. Following the company’s opening offer of a 3.2% increase presented, the unions remain firm in its pursuit of an agreement that reflects the true value of our […]

Ground Up reports that about 350 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in Limpopo’s Thohoyandou area say they have not been paid for several months. The workers were part of an EPWP project funded by the Independent Development Trust (IDT) and implemented by the Collen Mashawana Foundation (CMF), a philanthropic non-profit established by the founder […]

IOL News writes that the Labour Court in Cape Town has ruled that a former employee may proceed with the execution of a R3.19 million compensation award against RCL Foods Consumer, despite the company’s attempt to challenge the decision at the Labour Appeal Court. Acting judge Coen De Kock ruled in favour of former maintenance fitter […]

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SABC News writes that The High Court in Durban will hear an application for the provisional liquidation of Tongaat-Hulett on Friday. Business rescue practitioners have brought the application. The company was placed under business rescue in 2022. Since then, the 134-year-old sugar giant has suffered a R12 billion share value loss. This is despite creditors approving a […]

SABC News reports that about R113 million has been paid out to gold mineworkers in the North West through the Tshiamiso Trust. The trust, together with the South African Ex-Mineworkers Council and the North West Health Department is participating in an outreach programme at the Job Shimankane Hospital in Rustenburg. The aim is to assist […]