With millions of South Africans unemployed — particularly young people — employers wield enormous power. The message is clear: “If you don’t accept these conditions, there are hundreds waiting to take your place”
When workers are divided by political loyalty to competing parties, they cannot effectively unite against employers during wage negotiations
The young lawyer was shot dead in broad daylight outside the offices of the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA) in the Johannesburg CBD
According to union Solidarity, pilots will receive salary increases of between 6% and 6.9% over the next four years
The complainant says the senior manager made romantic advances and told her that her employment future was in his hands
A scaled-down labour inspectorate will leave vulnerable workers at the mercy of ‘unscrupulous employers’
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
Some believed a 2018 Constitutional Court ruling would spell the end of labour broking. It didn’t