The South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union has said people are working from 10 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for as little as R120 to R200 a week
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The transport department says it is working on an 11-point plan to clean up the logistics industry and force businesses to comply with laws
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Fathers argue that section 25 to 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is discriminatory because the leave is too little for them to participate in childcare
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Is joblessness a result of a lack of skills or low growth, or is low growth a result of lack of skills? Government is not speaking with one voice
Two investigations into separate explosions at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition depot near Macassar continue
Calls to end production at Rheinmetall Denel Munition after yet another blast rocks the Somerset West area, the fifth since 2018
Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi urges employers to be honest when applying for help
The minister and his management team appeared before parliament after another scathing auditor general report was tabled
A scaled-down labour inspectorate will leave vulnerable workers at the mercy of ‘unscrupulous employers’
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The economic crisis triggered by the pandemic has laid bare longstanding deficiencies in labour rights around the world