The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is deeply humbled and heartened by the strong affirmation of support it received from workers on International Workers’ Day. Attendance of COSATU May Day rallies across 13 stadiums in all nine provinces was healthy despite the onset of winter and heavy rains in many parts of the […]
POPCRU on the outcome of the Labour Court on section 197 against DCS on Mangaung G4S
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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 […]
Water contractors down tools, demand payment from eThekwini municipality
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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. […]
NUM workers down tools at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg
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 […]
NUM condemns systemic denial of organizational rights
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, […]
Biovac set to employ over 700 highly skilled workers
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 […]
SAMWU welcomes Constitutional Court Judgment on King Cetshwayo matter
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) welcomes the judgment of the Constitutional Court delivered on 22 April 2026 in the matter of King Cetshwayo District Municipality v Water and Sanitation Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd and Others. This judgment brings to a close a long and protracted legal battle that has caused immense uncertainty and […]
KZN education department unveils 3,000 school leadership vacancies
The Mercury reports that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education has announced the advertisement of more than 3,000 school-based promotional posts, a move aimed at strengthening leadership and improving functionality across public schools. In a statement, the department confirmed that 3,002 posts were advertised through HRM Circular 10 of 2026. These positions comprise 1,784 departmental heads, […]
Unions fight for Ekapa workers as the mine faces liquidation
Industri All Union reports that the Kimberley diamond mine where five miners died in a mud rush in February is now facing liquidation. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa is challenging the process in court, arguing that workers who have already lost colleagues, and in many cases their wages, must not be abandoned. […]
Wits staff unions say they are ready to down tools
Wits Vuvuzela writes that On Monday, April 20, National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) and the Administrative, Library and Technical Staff Association (Altsa) members took matters into their own hands by picketing in and around campus. Union members, made up of professional and administrative staff, marched from the Great Hall to Wits Science Stadium, after declining the 4,95% salary increase proposed by Wits University management. According to the Altsa union secretary, Tholane Khiba, meetings with the vice chancellor and senior executive team resulted in a proposed 4,95% increase, which was […]