The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) congratulates its militant affiliate, the National Union of Mine Workers (NUM) as well as the other unions organising at Eskom, NUMSA and Solidarity, for securing a 7% 3 year wage agreement for all Eskom employees.  This agreement includes a 7% 3 year housing allowance increase and a […]

EWN reports that unions representing Eskom employees reached an agreement with the power utility at its central bargaining forum. Eskom agreed to a 7% salary increase for all non-managerial employees over a three-year period, effective from 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2026. The negotiations involved Eskom the National Union of Mineworkers, National Union of […]

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Fin24 reports that on Friday, Treasury published proposed legislation that sets new rules for the two-pot retirement system, scheduled to kick in on 1 March 2024. The two-pot system means South Africans will be able to access one-third of their retirement savings throughout their career, while two-thirds will only become accessible on retirement. The revised […]

Capricorn FM News reports that members of the National, Education, Health and Allied Workers Union’s Mike Tauyatswala region have staged a protest outside the headquarters of the provincial department of Health in Polokwane, demanding that suspensions of their shop stewards at the Pietersburg hospital be lifted. NEHAWU’s regional secretary Matome Phooko says seven shop stewards were […]

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The COSATU-affiliated Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU) is pleased to announce that thousands of its members in the leather tanning sector in South Africa can look forward to a 7.25% wage increase, with effect from 1 July 2023. This follows a recent settlement for an amending wage agreement for this sector, signed […]

SABC News reports that bus operations in the City of Tshwane have been suspended due to a strike by workers affiliated to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu). Workers are striking over salary increases and overtime. The Tshwane Bus Service Management says the strike is illegal and that it will institute labour processes to […]

The Citizen reports that the embattled Emfuleni Local Municipality in the south of Johannesburg continues to be in the news for all the wrong reasons. This time around, irate employees embarked on sporadic protest actions in recent days, demanding their salary payments for the month of May. Regional chairperson of the South African Municipal Workers Union […]

BL Premium reports that Eskom management and leaders of three unions demanding higher wages at the ailing power utility will engage in an extended negotiation process after parties could not reach agreement during the final round of talks in May. Representatives of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and […]

Business Live reports that outsourced Transnet cleaners engaged in an unprotected strike in Durban over unpaid wages on Thursday. Workers under Masihloniphaneni Trading — a company outsourced by Transnet to provide cleaning services — staged a stay-away on Ely Road in Bayhead, Durban. Justice Duma, one of the protesting workers, said they had not been […]