Cosatu to campaign for ANC and SACP
Cosatu will campaign for both its alliance partners, but only if they protect workers’ interests.
Labour
Austerity under fire as Godongwana pauses fuel levies and low-cost housing
Ahead of the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement by the finance minister, protesters called for a pro-poor budget.
‘End hunger, stop climate harm’: protesters take demands to Parliament
On World Food Day, and with El Niño looming, climate justice activists called for system change.
Make the wealthy pay: AIDC lays out alternative to austerity
Progressive tax reforms targeting wealth, dividends and corporate profits could raise billions of rands.
Cosatu congress adjourned after credential dispute exposes tensions
Cosatu denies division within the federation while four affiliates cancel separate media briefing.
Marikana’s wounds still bleed 14 years after police massacre
State violence and the quest for humanity link Marikana in 2012 to the 1976 youth uprising.
The ethnic cleansing of African migrants from Riebeek Kasteel
African immigrants in small farming towns of the Western Cape have fled their homes.
Baby born in a tent as African migrants camp outside Cape Town repatriation centre
Police claim Tuesday’s anti-immigration protests were peaceful but women and children have fled their homes in terror.
Labour federations reject migrant scapegoating, demand economic reform
The labour federations call for an end to attacks on African migrants, and labour law enforcement.
Farmworkers reject PIE amendments
The amendments to PIE propose to take away the rights that currently protect land occupiers.
Nestlé workers on strike for equal work, equal pay
Over 300 workers at Nestlé’s plant in kuGompo City are protesting wage disparities and grading inequalities.
Saccawu in a fight with Pick ‘n Pay over restructuring and retrenchment
Saccawu says it will mobilise communities to support the union against retrenchments.
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