Nearly half of all workplaces inspected by the department of labour found to be unsafe
The department of employment and labour is close to finalising the recruitment of 500 health and safety inspectors to ensure more workplaces comply with Covid-19 regulations
According to UIF data, only 15 888 domestic workers, of a possible 673 940, have been paid from the Covid-19 Temporary employer-employee relief scheme
Maintenance division is first SAA subsidiary to declare hardship to staff as travel ban effects grow at the state-owned airline
As SAA subsidiaries declare hardship to staff, business-rescue practitioners urge them to sign agreements to save severance payouts
In the first weeks of the lockdown, workers reported that they had been left with nothing to survive on as their employers failed to apply to the UIF
Mister Sweet workers say they will not risk their health, and the lives of others, to continue producing and packaging confectionaries
Last week, the International Labour Organisation warned that the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak would have a devastating effect on global working poverty
Almost three million workers are not covered by measures implemented by the department of employment and labour to lessen the economic effects of the coronavirus
With large-scale job losses on the horizon here and around the world, the Covid- 19 pandemic has put the vulnerability of workers in sharp focus
The statutory body mandated to deal with workplace disputes released an urgent directive postponing all matters set down to be heard between March 18 and April 14
A special executive committee meeting of business, labour and government was held on Monday to discuss a common programme to slow down the spread of Covid-19
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi addressed concerns about the beleaguered fund, which compensates workers injured on the job
To improve the South African economy, we need to institute practical measures to effect change
With little change in management, labour minister says that companies that fail to transform will no longer be able to do business with government
Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi rebuffs fears that his department will become too entangled with the private sector to rein it in
Seemingly breaking from tradition, the new Cabinet followed an exhaustive consultation process which has been described as “unlike any other”
If the ANC does not redesign the way the alliance operates, the SACP has a standing resolution to contest elections without the governing party.
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The agriculture minister, the presidency deputy minister, four premiers and Cosatu’s leader are in the sights of the anti-JZ faction
The minister wants an SABC sports channel, and for less-privileged kids to get more active
Some of Zuma’s known detractors were removed and replaced with ministers who are sympathetic towards him
An unprecedented number of senior NEC members, including six cabinet ministers, risked their jobs to urge Zuma to resign.
Unused government buildings are costing South Africa almost R50-million in rates and taxes, while another R12-million is spent on water and lights.
Opposition party MPs are adamant that no more taxpayers’ money should be spent on the security upgrades to President Jacob Zuma’s home.
Ministers Nathi Nhleko and Thulas Nxesi will answer for the money spent on Nkandla when they face the ad hoc committee on Wednesday.
Whether and what further security features were added to President Jacob Zuma’s private home in Nkandla would be decided by security experts alone.
The public works minister says a bleak future awaits the ruling party if their student arm, Sasco, continues to lose support to the DA and EFF.
Minister Thulas Nxesi says the billions lost by the department over the past five years is shocking.
Many senior South African politicians have lied blatantly – only to be exposed by the law – so Pallo Jordan marks a break of sorts with the past.
NEWS ANALYSIS: A comparison of the two Nkandla reports highlights glaring differences.
Questions remain unanswered about why Nxesi lied about the Nkandla task team report, which exonerated President Zuma from any wrongdoing.