Homophobia rife at work
LGBTQI+ workers say that the unions need to do more to protect them.
Labour
Cosatu congress to reflect on the alliance again
Cosatu says its upcoming congress will report on work done since 2018, take stock of the organisation and reflect on the course of the National Democratic Revolution.
ZIMBABWE | Nurses’ union president dismissed
At least 200 nurses across the country are also facing disciplinary action and risk being dismissed for engaging in a nationwide strike
SAFTU and COSATU march against high cost of living and austerity
The unity between the two labour federations was put to the test in mass marches in Cape Town, Pretoria and East London during the general strike on Wednesday.
SAFTU and COSATU to unite against austerity measures
Cosatu and Saftu have agreed to hold joint demonstrations during the general strike on Wednesday, 24 August.
Calls for unity and mobilisation to take the spirit of Marikana forward
A gathering was held in Johannesburg on Monday to mark the ten years since the Marikana massacre and the 100 years since the 1922 Rand Revolt.
Marikana townships still squalid 10 years after the massacre
Ten years after the massacre of mine workers conspired by the state and their employer in Marikana, residents continue to fight for a better life
Numsa to appeal labour court ruling
After spending R39-million on a congress that was interdicted, Numsa has vowed to go to the highest court in the land to defend its legitimacy.
A divided Numsa goes ahead with the congress
The Numsa congress, delayed by a court interdict, has started amid deep divisions in the union.
Workers uncertain about Komati power station switch-off and the just transition
The Komati power station is meant to make a complete switch-off by the end of September this year but workers say that they have not been consulted and are not sure what is going to happen to them.
Proposed labour migration policy slammed as xenophobic
SERI, Lawyers for Human Rights and the African Centre for Migration and Society have come out against the proposed National Labour Migration Policy.
No funds to re-employ EC Covid-19 healthcare workers
With the end of the national state of disaster, the disastrous state of healthcare in the Eastern Cape as elsewhere in South Africa, continues.
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