South Africa: Nigel Pensioners Unable to Pay Municipal Arrears

Alra Park pensioners want indigent relief and debt cancellation Read more »

South Africa: Government Is Killing the Film Industry, Say Protesters

Hundreds of industry professionals marched in Cape Town calling for a meeting with trade and industry minister Read more »

South Africa: Fired Lottery Employee's Pension Frozen By Special Tribunal

Former NLC KwaZulu-Natal client liaison officer Sibonelo Vilakazi used his position to obtain tens of millions of rands for himself and his wife Read more »

South Africa: Workers Protest for Beefed Up Security At Depot

Union says a spate of break-ins and theft at Cuyler depot in Kariega have cost of over R5-million Read more »

South Africa: Future of Srd Grant Uncertain, Says Treasury

Universal Basic Income Coalition says government's proposals to link the grant to employment-related conditions could exclude eligible beneficiaries Read more »

South Africa: Lottery Whistleblowers Denied Financial Compensation

After year-long reparations process, former NLC staff offered psychological support, educational sponsorships and grocery vouchers Read more »

South Africa: New Law Will Reveal South Africa's Huge Pay Gaps

Amendments to the Companies Act will oblige companies to disclose the gap between the lowest paid worker and the top executive Read more »

South Africa: Living On R2,320 a Month - Here's How a Pensioner Spends Her Grant

"Sometimes by the 15th of the month, the groceries are all done," says 61-year-old Noah Libbie Read more »

South Africa: How South Africa's Job Market Has Changed

There are 2.6-million more jobs than in 2008, but 10.4-million more people who need them Read more »

South Africa: Workers Shut Down Cape Town Construction Project Over Unpaid Wages

Security guards have been protesting outside a project to build pavements in Illitha Park, Khayelitsha since Monday Read more »

South Africa: Pensioners Ask Parliament to Increase Grant to R5,000

"We are not asking for charity, we are asking for justice and dignity" Read more »

South Africa: EPWP Workers March for Permanent Jobs and Better Pay

Pay is too little to survive on, workers say Read more »

Lesotho: Workers March in Maseru As AGOA Uncertainty Threatens Thousands of Jobs

Protest, originally banned, proceeded after police minister gave it the go-ahead Read more »

South Africa: Limpopo Transport Workers Camp Outside Premier's Office to Demand Unpaid Pensions

Hundreds of former and current Great North Transport employees have been holding sit-ins and night vigils since 15 October Read more »

South Africa: Magistrates Protest Outside Parliament

Magistrates are demanding salary increases and better working conditions Read more »

South Africa: Public Protector to Probe Promotion of CCMA Official Who Tampered With Case Management System

An investigation had previously found Nomzame Jaxa guilty of altering records to boost the office's statistics Read more »

Lesotho: Police Block Protest By Textile Workers in Lesotho

Unions accuse police of acting unlawfully by denying permission for a protest march against job losses Read more »

South Africa: Outrage As Cape Town Rubbish Removal Company Fails to Pay Workers

City of Cape Town says it will strengthen checks and balances when appointing contractors in the future Read more »

South Africa: Janitors Employed to Clean Toilets Have to Buy Their Own Water to Do It

Company contracted to City of Cape Town does not provide water to cleaners, in a settlement which has none Read more »

Lesotho: Hundreds of Jobs At Stake At Lesotho Diamond Mine

25% state-owned Kao Mine could shut down "within weeks" Read more »

South Africa: Contract Workers March in Joburg Demanding Permanent Jobs

Expanded Public Works Programme employees march to Premier's office Read more »

South Africa: Special Schools Closed in Kwazulu-Natal After Education Department Fails to Pay Subsidies

76 schools closed by parents and the South African National Association for Special School Education (SANASE) Read more »

South Africa: Unemployed Young People Protest in Nigel, Demanding Jobs

"We also want to work" Read more »

South Africa: Magistrates Protest Outside Court, Demanding Higher Wages

Magistrates are under-recognised and under-paid, says former Constitutional Court judge Edwin Cameron Read more »

South Africa: Nine Years On, Technician Is Still Waiting to Hear If He Can Get Compensation for Brain Damage

Compensation Fund fails to finalise decision Read more »