May 02
South Africa: Workers Hold Vigil Outside Gauteng Health Department, Demanding Permanent Jobs
National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW) says workers will protest daily Read more »
South Africa: Mineworkers Disrupt Cosatu May Day Rally in Soweto
"What are we celebrating, when we are losing our jobs?" Read more »
April 30
South Africa: Public Sector Hard Hit By Strike Action
In 2023 and again in 2024, about half the strikes have been in the public sector, says report Read more »
April 26
South Africa: Can South Africa Afford a Basic Income Grant? or Can We Afford Not To?
GroundUp and Black Sash hosted a debate on the feasibility of the Basic Income Grant (BIG) on Thursday Read more »
March 27
South Africa: Hundreds of Security Guards Sent Home Without Wages After Eastern Cape Health Department Fails to Pay Contractors
Department promises to make payments from April, the start of the new financial year Read more »
March 13
South Africa: Nelson Mandela University Workers March for Higher Salaries
Marchers demand an 8% increase Read more »
March 11
South Africa: Community Health Workers March in East London
They want to be in-sourced and they want proper personal protective equipment Read more »
South Africa: Ethekwini Mayor Warns Strikers to Return to Work or Face Dismissal
The municipality has obtained an urgent interdict against violence and intimidation attempts by strikers Read more »
March 08
South Africa: Health Department Fails to Pay Security Contractor, Leaving Guards Without Salaries
Company says it can't pay guards until it receives R3-million it is owed Read more »
February 29
South Africa: NUMSA Protests in Support of Suspended Putco Workers
Putco concerned by how long CCMA process is taking Read more »
February 28
South Africa: Hundreds of Ethekwini Municipal Workers March for Higher Wages
But stoppage fell short of SAMWU's plan for a city-wide shutdown, says municipality Read more »
February 26
South Africa: Unemployed Doctors March to Union Buildings
They are calling for the president to intervene and make sure medical professionals are employed Read more »
February 07
South Africa: UCT Employees Union to Go On Strike On Thursday
The union said negotiations with university has failed Read more »
January 31
South Africa: Officials Raise Alarm Over Hiring Freeze At Western Cape's Largest Hospitals
The freeze was recommended by National Treasury among other austerity measures Read more »
January 23
South Africa: People Queue From 2 - 30am At Goodwood Labour Office
The department encourages the use of its online system but many can't use it Read more »
December 13, 2023
South Africa: Workers Are Battling to Collect Unemployment Benefits Despite New Technology
UIF App and phone-in system launched in September Read more »
South Africa: Victory for Union At Chicken Plant
Workers celebrate as Rainbow Chicken agrees to recognise union Read more »
December 07, 2023
South Africa: Workers Under Creecy's 'Cleaning and Greening'' Project Demand Unpaid Wages
Nelson Mandela Bay ward councillor pens letter in support of workers' demands Read more »
South Africa: The Informal Brick Makers of Dordrecht
"We are only working to put food on the table, nothing else" says Tinashe Mandobe who has made bricks in the small Eastern Cape town since 2004 Read more »
November 29, 2023
South Africa: Labour Appeal Court Rules Numsa Suspension of Ntlokotse Unlawful
Accreditation of delegates at the union's national congress last year also found invalid Read more »
November 28, 2023
South Africa: Activists Want Government to Do More to Register Domestic Workers
Three years after the landmark Concourt ruling, very little has changed with their access to compensation Read more »
November 23, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds of Early Childhood Development Sector Workers March in Manguang
They are frustrated by "failures" in the Free State education system Read more »
November 21, 2023
South Africa: Health Workers Picket for Palestine Outside Red Cross Children's Hospital
Organisers call for immediate ceasefire Read more »
November 20, 2023
South Africa: Farm Worker Family Evicted, Belongings Dumped On the Side of the Road
"I am broken" says Jan Marthinus, in tears after his family was left homeless Read more »
November 16, 2023
South Africa: Hundreds March to the City Hall in Durban Demanding Jobs
Retrenched Public Employment Programme (PEP) workers want to be reinstated by eThekwini municipality Read more »