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/ 23 August 2024

Indian consulate in Durban fired SA worker over China spying claims

Former clerk Siphiwe Mchunu also claims black staff members are subjected to racist treatment

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By Paddy Harper

National

/ 18 May 2024

Special Investigating Unit manager accused of harassment

The complainant says the senior manager made romantic advances and told her that her employment future was in his hands

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By Mandisa Ndlovu

National

/ 19 June 2023

Labour court upholds dismissal of lying municipal chief financial officer

The court overturned the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration ruling that Paul Mpele had been unfairly dismissed

By Tania Broughton

Business

/ 20 March 2021

Budget cuts give bad bosses a break

A scaled-down labour inspectorate will leave vulnerable workers at the mercy of ‘unscrupulous employers’

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By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 17 February 2021

Small business owners closing shop and feeling the financial squeeze

The hopes and dreams of many entrepreneurs have been dashed. We track some of the owners of SMMEs, who talk of losing everything they worked for

By Tshegofatso Mathe and Sarah Smit

Business

/ 29 August 2020

Labour battle: Labour brokers back in court

Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 29 June 2020

Possible lockdown retrenchments are already soaring

After just three months of lockdown, more than 100 000 workers could lose their jobs

By Sarah Smit

Business

/ 18 June 2020

SABC plans to retrench 600 employees

Broadcaster cites “poor sales effectiveness, ineffective commercial product, old pricing models and inadequate technology infrastructure” as driving cuts

By Chris Gilili

Business

/ 28 May 2020

No end to Fawu’s factional fight

Leaders of two competing groupings in the Food and Allied Workers Union have fired each other

By Paddy Harper

Article

/ 14 October 2019

CCMA case increases from national minimum wage

Cases referred to the organisation increased by 4% since last year

By Thando Maeko

Article

/ 1 October 2019

CCMA conference highlights minimum wage struggles

Numerous applications for exemption are hampering the government’s efforts to reach its target of six million workers being paid the minimum wage

By Musawenkosi Cabe

Article

/ 5 July 2019

CCMA cases pile up with new law

But both the commission and the department of labour say they have everything under control

By Tshegofatso Mathe

Article

/ 1 July 2019

Domestic workers: overworked, underpaid and unprotected

Armed with brooms and mops, domestic workers took to the streets to demand better wages, recourse to legal protection against unscrupulous employers

By Zandile Bangani

Article

/ 21 June 2019

‘Tiso Blackstar is just the beginning’

With half of all journalism jobs gone in South Africa, one union is trying to halt the decline

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 22 March 2019

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

By Jacques Coetzee

Article

/ 19 March 2019

Fixed-term contracts – there must be a justifiable reason to use them

A dismissal is when an employee reasonably expected the employer to renew a contract of employment, but the employer did not renew it

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 18 January 2019

Headaches on wage front

The exemption process threatens to undermine the new minimum income criteria

By Tebogo Tshwane

Article

/ 21 December 2018

Comair strike by Numsa-affiliated ground staff averted, for now

Numsa, in a statement, said the two sides would continue talks in early January over wages and shift patterns

By Agency

Article

/ 7 December 2018

Deadly twist to university dispute

A former colleague has been charged with the murder of an arts dean after threatening him

By Athandiwe Saba

Article

/ 2 November 2018

Cape school accused of coercing black teacher to resign

Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School allegedly ‘coerced’ teacher Nozipho Mthembu to leave

By Raeesa Pather

Article

/ 8 September 2018

CCMA plans to intervene in Sasol strike — Solidarity

Solidarity has since formally informed the CCMA that the trade union would participate in the process

By Lameez Omarjee

Article

/ 28 August 2018

Racism in the Cape Town yoga community: One instructor’s story

‘The unrepentant violence of white ignorance has consequences for people of colour that are continually overlooked,’ writes Kopano Maroga

By Kopano Maroga

Article

/ 9 August 2018

Gautrain will operate on public holiday, no end in sight for strike

The train will operate with a reduced service during peak periods

By Tehillah Nieselow

Article

/ 7 August 2018

Gautrain strike to continue, Cape Town taxi strike called off

The Gautrain has been running during peak periods with reduced services since July 30

By Tehillah Nieselow and Jenni Evans

Article

/ 6 August 2018

Gautrain strike: Wage negotiations with the help of the CCMA underway

The striking workers and the company are in talks, with the help of the CCMA, to address the impasse but there is no guarantee of a speedy resolution

By Mashadi Kekana

Article

/ 27 July 2018

Court shows employers who’s boss

A Constitutional Court ruling on labour-broking ends uncertainty over dual employment

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 6 July 2018

CCMA ‘improperly’ postpones workers’ hearings

The Casual Workers Advice Office has dealt with at least nine different cases that have been unfairly postponed at the CCMA

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 6 July 2018

Now SAA has landed at the CCMA

Former staff accuse ‘turnaround’ chief executive of purging those who fail to do his bidding

By Sabelo Skiti

Article

/ 1 June 2018

LRC allows ‘harasser’ to resign

The scandal-hit lawyer has picked up where he left off with cases, frustrating his female accusers

By Rumana Akoob

Article

/ 10 May 2018

Parliament reaches settlement with whistleblower

Former head of security Zelda Holtzman is relieved that her “name is cleared”

By Staff Reporter

Article

/ 7 May 2018

#BusStrike: As the wage battle plays out, where do other key demands stand?

Aside from salaries, other key demands are still up in the air

By Sarah Smit

Article

/ 1 May 2018

Marikana massacre haunts May Day in Langa

Amendments to the Labour Relations Act, if passed by Parliament, have the potential to make protected strike action more difficult for workers

By Raeesa Pather

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