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Labour Relations Act

Workers’ Day: How the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration can promote social justice through ubuntu
Opinion
/ 1 May 2025

Workers’ Day: How the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration can promote social justice through ubuntu

The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations

By Katlego Letlonkane
Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence
Business
/ 14 June 2024

Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence

The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances

By Sarah Smit
Former Telkom workers’ battle with outsourcing firms rages on
Business
/ 12 May 2024

Former Telkom workers’ battle with outsourcing firms rages on

A labour appeals court order reinstated the employees to their posts after they were outsourced to WNS eight years ago

By Lyse Comins
More workers brought into labour safety net
Business
/ 25 March 2024

More workers brought into labour safety net

Minister Thulas Nxesi has raised the earnings threshold for employees receiving certain protections under the Basic Conditions of Employment Act

By Lyse Comins
Elections 2024: Don’t pick the scabs
Politics
/ 19 March 2024

Elections 2024: Don’t pick the scabs

Some blame labour protections and unions for South Africa’s economic malaise. But this claim lacks evidence and stands to leave us in an even worse position

By Sarah Smit
From despair to hope: how to transform job loss into opportunity
Partner Content
/ 19 December 2023

From despair to hope: how to transform job loss into opportunity

While it is stressful to lose your job, it can open new doors for you

By Dr Linda Meyer
Zimbabwe permit holders can work until 31 December even if permit application unsuccessful
Business
/ 20 June 2023

Zimbabwe permit holders can work until 31 December even if permit application unsuccessful

Lawyers at Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr say Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP) holders can work in the country until the end of December as they appeal unsuccessful application outcomes

By Anathi Madubela
There is no place for scab labour in SA
Opinion
/ 25 April 2023

There is no place for scab labour in SA

Replacement labour, which stands to prolong industrial action and lockouts, undermines the right to strike

By Sarah Smit
Electricity costs add to miners’ woes
Business
/ 23 March 2023

Electricity costs add to miners’ woes

Companies are also grappling with a decline in commodity prices and weaker global demand

By Anathi Madubela
Motlanthe: We are too quick to suffocate small businesses with taxes
National
/ 7 April 2022

Motlanthe: We are too quick to suffocate small businesses with taxes

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe has said that a way to help solve the unemployment crisis is to give small businesses breathing room

By Anathi Madubela
Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts
Opinion
/ 31 August 2021

Employers should respect women’s rights and provide domestic workers with employment contracts

About a million women are employed to work in private homes, enabling the economy to function and their employers to work and return to clean homes and cared for children

By Kelebogile Khunou and Amy Tekie
More SABS employees face retrenchments despite a staff cut of 109 people
Business
/ 9 July 2021

More SABS employees face retrenchments despite a staff cut of 109 people

The retrenchments saved the South African Bureau of Standards R68-million but falls short of the R150-million target

By Eunice Masson
No retrenchments as Eskom forges ahead with unbundling
Business
/ 28 May 2021

No retrenchments as Eskom forges ahead with unbundling

The power utility will keep the peace with organised labour, André de Ruyter has assured

By Sarah Smit
Sexual harassment complaints against NTI manager ‘ignored’
National
/ 3 April 2021

Sexual harassment complaints against NTI manager ‘ignored’

Woman contract employee accuses her former manager of sexually predatory behaviour

By Chris Gilili
Ruling deals crushing blow to zero-hours contracts
National
/ 3 December 2020

Ruling deals crushing blow to zero-hours contracts

Ferrero factory workers have won the first battle in what might become one of South Africa’s next wars on casual and precarious work

By Dennis Webster
Constitutional Court ruling on restructuring dispute is good for employers
National
/ 30 October 2020

Constitutional Court ruling on restructuring dispute is good for employers

A judgment from the apex court empowers employers to change their workers’ contracts — without consultation

By Sarah Smit
Labour battle: Labour brokers back in court
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
Reinstated Ingonyama Trust managers hit with retrenchment notices
Politics
/ 11 July 2020

Reinstated Ingonyama Trust managers hit with retrenchment notices

The effect of Covid-19 and the land reform department’s freeze of R23-million because the ITB didn’t comply with budget submissions are cited as some of the reasons for the staff cuts

By Paddy Harper
SABC plans to retrench 600 employees
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
Pick n Pay workers lose their jobs for ‘striking’ during the lockdown
Article
/ 16 April 2020

Pick n Pay workers lose their jobs for ‘striking’ during the lockdown

A group of workers have been dismissed, but they insist they never embarked on industrial action in the first place

By Sarah Smit
Not a sweet deal, Mister
Article
/ 8 April 2020

Not a sweet deal, Mister

Mister Sweet workers say they will not risk their health, and the lives of others, to continue producing and packaging confectionaries

By Sarah Smit
SAA’s rescue men fly in defiance
Article
/ 21 February 2020

SAA’s rescue men fly in defiance

The airline’s business rescue practitioners ignored a warning not to announce route closures and possible job cuts ahead of a restructuring plan

By Thando Maeko
Ferrero workers challenge zero hours contracts
Article
/ 27 January 2020

Ferrero workers challenge zero hours contracts

Chocolate factory workers say employment contracts without guaranteed working hours have had devastating consequences for their lives. Now, they’re fighting back

By Dennis Webster
Workers fight job-creation ‘mess’
Article
/ 17 January 2020

Workers fight job-creation ‘mess’

Former Ekurhuleni workers argued in court that a programme promising to equip them with skills simply acted as a labour broker for the municipality

By Sarah Smit
Vavi asks Amcu for unity
Article
/ 19 September 2019

Vavi asks Amcu for unity

The Saftu general secretary addressed thousands of delegates at Amcu’s national elective congress on Thursday

By Sarah Smit
Pinky’s promise: Domestic workers will rise up
Article
/ 13 September 2019

Pinky’s promise: Domestic workers will rise up

The co-founder of a union has championed
the rights of those in an often ignored sector

By Sarah Smit
Amcu in the clear as labour registrar decides not to strip it of union status
Article
/ 2 September 2019

Amcu in the clear as labour registrar decides not to strip it of union status

Labour registrar Lehohonolo Molefe has decided not to continue with the deregistration of the trade union

By Sarah Smit
Media workers’ union gets the boot
Article
/ 13 August 2019

Media workers’ union gets the boot

Mwasa, which was established as a union for black journalists in the late 1970s, has lost thousands of members since its heyday

By Sarah Smit
Sugar barons’ greed costs workers
Article
/ 19 July 2019

Sugar barons’ greed costs workers

Past chief executives of Tongaat Hulett have left the company in debt, forcing the company to retrench
up to 5 000 people

By Paddy Harper
Registrar gets tough on unions
Article
/ 31 May 2019

Registrar gets tough on unions

The newly empowered labour registrar has warned more than half of all unions that they are in danger of being deregistered

By Sarah Smit
Samwu’s strike fund used to buy t-shirts — report
Article
/ 21 May 2019

Samwu’s strike fund used to buy t-shirts — report

The union has been plagued by persistent allegations of financial mismanagement by its leaders

By Sarah Smit
Amcu to meet labour registrar over cancellation threat
Article
/ 26 April 2019

Amcu to meet labour registrar over cancellation threat

Amcu head says his union is under attack by capital and other "yellow unions"

By Natasha Marrian
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