Cosatu General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi has apologised to his organisation and the country following recent allegations that he raped a colleague. The woman withdrew her complaint ... Read more »

Union officials have issued a new strike notice following the government's failure to release teachers' July pay. Read more »

The meeting between the government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities may have yielded results as there are now indications that the ongoing strike might be ... Read more »

Expelled ANC youth League leader Julius Malema and his new organisation, the Economic Freedom Fighters, have registered their party and say that they will be contesting the 2014 ... Read more »

Lawyers for the miners wounded and arrested at Marikana have had to seek interm funding in a bid to continue representing their clients at the Farlam Commission of Inquiry, which ... Read more »

Minister of National Planning Shamsuddeen Usman has said that Nigeria, Mauritania, Cape Verde and Cote d'Ivoire are among countries in the world facing acute unemployment. Read more »

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has dismissed the country's vice president and all members of the Cabinet, amid rising internal tensions as well as ongoing disputes ... Read more »

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has vowed to continue with the ongoing strike action, accusing the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan of failing to learn from ... Read more »

The government has allegedly moved to weaken the National Union of Teachers by refusing to pay its members their full July salary and cutting the union's annual funding for their ... Read more »

About 80 percent of people with disabilities are of working age and face social, economic and cultural obstacles to accessing education and employment, says the UN. Read more »