EWN reports that the Daily Maverick has announced a 5% retrenchment of its permanent staff, a first in the publication’s 15-year history. In a statement released on Thursday, the publication also said it would be reducing its operating costs, citing economic pressure in the media industry. Earlier this year, the Daily Maverick shut down for […]

DFA reports that Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers employed in a mayoral cleaning project are threatening to embark on strike action and throw faeces inside the Sol Plaatje municipal offices in Kimberley if they are not given increases with immediate effect. A group of workers gathered outside Sol Plaatje Municipality on Monday where they […]

The Citizen reports that Independent Newspapers is set to undergo a major restructuring across several of its business units in a bid to address ongoing challenges in the business and media landscape. Known for some of the country’s oldest English-language newspaper titles, the company said it had completed a “thorough evaluation” and concluded that further […]

GroundUp writes that the Johannesburg Labour Court has dismissed Premier Group’s urgent application to stop workers from striking at its Mister Sweet branch in Germiston. Workers downed tools on 19 August, demanding higher wages. In an application to the court against nearly 300 striking workers, Premier argued that the strike had turned violent and that other workers […]

Moneyweb reports that a revamped exemption clause in the municipal salary and wage agreement reached last week will make it less onerous for the 157 financially distressed municipalities to get an exemption if they cannot afford to pay their staff the increases set for each year until 2029. This is according to Zwe Ndlala, senior […]

Capricorn FM reports that hundreds of EPWP workers under the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment marched to the Office of the Limpopo Premier and Polokwane municipality offices today, to hand over a memorandum of grievances over wages and extension of contracts. The workers are seeking intervention from those government structures in raising their concerns to the Presidency and the […]

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) fully supports its indomitable Affiliate, the South African Commercial, Catering and Allied Workers Union (SACCAWU), as it heads to court to challenge the dismissal of nearly 600 workers by Walmart-owned Massmart.   SACCAWU is taking the fight to court after prolonged engagements to reinstate 600 dismissed workers at […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is pleased to announce the successful conclusion of long and rigorous salary and wage negotiations with the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), which represents the country’s 257 municipalities and their entities in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC). After three intense rounds of negotiations, held […]

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Cape Argus writes that the SA Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) in the Western Cape has declared a dispute at the education bargaining council, as it called the Western Cape Education Department’s (WCED) consultation with unions over teacher cuts, “meaningless and insufficient”. SADTU has also threatened strike action should the issue of 2 400 teachers who […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) is pleased that after a prolonged struggle, the Labour Court has finally set a date to hear the review application by the City of Tshwane. In 2021, parties within the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC) entered into a three-year salary and wage collective agreement, promising municipal […]