Labour relations reached a crossroads with the Marikana Massacre, raising questions about the relevance and power of unions post-apartheid
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Strikes over poor working conditions have intensified over the past four years, the recently-released Industrial Action Report for 2018 reveals. From 2014 to 2018, the number of days spent striking over working conditions rose from 1776 to 128890 — an increase of more than 7000%, according to the report, which tracks the frequency and character […]
We must continue to rise up with purpose, not just in anger, in our desire to create a just society.
The government places a “high premium” on restoring stability in the mining industry, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday.
Strikes across South Africa have resulted in 2 806 656 working days being lost in the labour market in 2011, says a labour department official.
The South African Police Service’s crowd management statistics show that South Africa really is the protest capital of the world.
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Police have arrested 43 people in Thabong for public violence and looting, which have been linked to unemployment protests and xenophobia.
Unions in Swaziland have sent their members out into the streets to protest against cuts in civil servants’ salaries as the financial crisis deepen.
King Mswati III sent his top advisers to meet with union leaders in a bid to avert anti-government protests next week in the monarch, a leader says.