E-hailing drivers go on strike in Cape Town
Vulnerable to arbitrary decisions by the e-hailing apps and criminals posing as passengers, the drivers called for government protection.
Labour
Hundreds protest over planned teacher cuts in the Western Cape
Classes in poor schools are expected to grow even bigger as the education department plans to cut teacher posts.
Labour Court rules in favour of Mister Sweet strikers
Labour Court judge rejected Mister Sweet application to interdict striking workers and dismissed it without costs.
Bitter, not sweet! Strikers call for Mister Sweet boycott
Organisations in solidarity with striking Mister Sweet workers have called for a consumer boycott while the company seeks an interdict.
Despite provisional re-registration, Damelin shuts East London campus
In March, the higher education department de-registered Educor for failing to prove their financial viability. The new minister of higher education in August backtracked the decision, but Damelin East London is closing anyway.
Farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa
60 Intercape drivers demand their jobs back
The bus company is accused of stamping out any attempt by its employees to join a union, and using authoritarian tactics.
Heineken workers on an indefinite strike in Gqeberha
Heineken workers say they are earning less now than what they earned under the previous owners of the brewery 3 years ago.
For domestic workers, women’s month marks their ongoing struggle
Domestic workers are still fighting from the margins of unregulated labour where slave-like servitude persists and goes unreported.
Cosatu demands Sea Harvest be held liable for the disappearance of 11 fishermen
The trade federation in the Western Cape has vowed to intensify their action until they get answers from Sea Harvest.
EPWP workers disrupt Durban waste collection to demand their jobs
EPWP workers in eThekwini have been protesting for a week now, demanding permanent employment.
EPWP workers march in Durban against imminent job losses
EPWP workers march to save about 9,000 jobs that are set to be lost in eThekwini Municipality.
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