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Sugar workers demand at least 7% wage offer to end strike
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WATCH | Samwu keeps pressure on Msunduzi as strike continues
The Samwu strike in Msunduzi will enter its second day on Wednesday, with the union maintaining...
Cosatu backs NUM legal challenge over Eskom restructuring
Cosatu has backed NUM’s legal challenge against Eskom’s restructuring, opposing privatisation and...
Nehawu in FS pledges solidarity with healthcare workers after attack
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) in the Free State has pledged...
Alexandra high school achieving but at a cost to teachers: Sadtu
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Trade unions back sugar workers’ strike as wage talks collapse
By Odwa Mkentane The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has thrown its full support...
Vavi warns against ‘Balkanising’ SA after Ngobese-Zuma calls for ethnic universities
Compares proposal to apartheid-era segregation efforts General secretary of the South African...
Life in Tulbagh depends on its canning factory. Now it’s shutting down
For more than 70 years, life in the small Western Cape town of Tulbagh has centred on the fruit...
R26 billion private school giant in South Africa signs huge sponsorship deal
Private Education group, Advtech Limited (Advtech), has announced a three-year partnership with...
ANC in race to finalise candidate lists with deadline looming
Failure to resolve branch-level disputes could see some wards without candidates in elections The...
Why Saccawu accuses Boxer of unfair treatment
The South African Commercial Catering and Allied Workers Union (Saccawu) has criticised JSE-listed retailer Boxer for what it described as the unfair treatment of its workforce.
When freedom failed the mineworkers
Marikana exposed the fault lines between labour, power and profit, leaving families to bear the...
South Africa’s 27,000 Vacant Teaching Posts Spark Outrage Amid Unemployment Crisis
Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube reveals a massive provincial breakdown of unfilled...
Real Politics: Ramaphosa faces his Waterloo
Fractured alliances, a resurgent MK, a compromised KZN lieutenant and an unresolved Phala Phala...
Teacher salaries must be cut in half
Economist Dawie Roodt said that teacher salaries in South Africa should be halved to double the...
Eastern Cape records steepest rise in unemployment
The Eastern Cape once again recorded the highest official unemployment rate among SA’s provinces,...
South Africa’s fruit canning industry under threat
The prospective closure of Premier Foods’ fruit processing plant in Tulbagh has raised concerns...
Eskom restructuring sparks union fears over job losses, electricity costs
The government’s decision to approve the first phase of Eskom’s restructuring could eventually lead to the privatisation and increased private-sector control of the electricity grid, according to the National Union of Mineworkers (Num).
Cosatu describes SA’s unemployment rate as ‘alarming’
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) says the country’s unemployment rate is...
‘Beyond depressing’: GNU gets the blame as youth joblessness spirals
Young South Africans were again the worst affected as unemployment scaled higher in the second quarter of 2026, with community and social service, mining, agriculture and manufacturing sectors shedding the most jobs.
Health officials defend drug procurement amid clash over job cuts
The health department has defended its public procurement processes and accused a pharmaceutical industry association of misleading parliament about the reasons behind the sector’s recent job loses.
South Africa’s fruit canning industry under threat as Premier Foods plans closure
Producers and labour warn that closing Tulbagh factory could leave hundreds of farmers without...
COSATU says SA’s worsening unemployment crisis is a ‘ticking time bomb’
The union has commanded a bold and decisive action to tackle the country's unemployment crisis....
DENOSA NW welcomes the ruling by Labour Court on the payment of 8% Rural Allowance to assistant nurses in rural facilities.
MMABATHO – The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) in North West warmly...
