In the days of apartheid, unions fought for more than just wages, they wanted a new society. Now it seems they have abandoned their roots
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for its alliance partners, the SACP and labour federation Cosatu, to unite to return the ANC to power
In South Africa, trade unions have a reputation for having workers’ back. But for many of the country’s community health workers, these organisations are no longer an ally.
Political parties and trade unions are asking the finance minister to address the growing national debt crisis and to extend the R350 grant
Appropriate policy, supported by a social compact by labour, business, communities and the government, can maximise the opportunities of the just transition
Trade union will continue its application against the water department’s decision to employ 25 Cuban engineers, valued at more than R18-million a year
The state faces a dilemma: it made a three-year wage agreement with public servants in 2018, before the pandemic, but reneging on it now will undermine labour’s trust
The self-employed were nearly three times less likely to work during the hard lockdown, economists found
The activism of people such as Tlou Theophilus Cholo laid the foundation for improve work conditions in South Africa
The public’s lack of trust in formal institutions means the election is a potential tinderbox. The people of Zambia need to challenge the status quo
In his announcement, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the late minister ‘a life-long champion of freedom and democracy’
With lockdown regulations in place, default industrial action methods need to be sidelined and new ways of protest considered
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 municipal workers’ union is the first to be sanctioned for not following the new rule when deciding whether to go on strike
The platinum sector wage negotiations are seeing a mixed bag of demands and counter-offers
At best the rally was a sad reminder of just how badly the battle for control of the governing party have decimated the ANC’s alliance partner.
Eskom prepares for worker ‘sabotage’: expected lay-offs delayed until after elections, police and army on standby
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni is under pressure to bail out the state power utility Eskom — along with its $30-billion mountain of debt
This remarkable veteran helped to build the trade union movement even while in exile
The labour federation is a victim of the impasse in the grand post-apartheid South African project
‘All the problems of unemployment and inequality are all getting worse since President Ramaphosa took over’
Members of the trade union intend to challenge the amendment of the union’s constitution to extend the term of office for leaders
The sticking point that delayed a settlement was the insistence by the unions that the agreed 9% pay rise be backdated to April 1
Two problems loom large in the implementation of the national minimum wage. One is compliance, the other redress.
In defending its territory an established federation objects to the name of the new kid on the block
He spent two decades working to strengthen civil society, after leading two trade unions.
An unusual internal report links shrinking union power to growing inequality – but don’t be fooled.
South Africa’s markets can be both treacherous and rewarding – here are 10 vital considerations.
Unions had stopped growing at the same pace as the workforce long before Numsa’s exit from trade union federation Cosatu.
There can’t be many other outsiders as qualified to hold forth on the labour movement in SA than Andy Stern, who was here on a flying visit this week.
Many workers now believe violence is justified, indeed necessary. Some, notably in the transport union Satawu.
A man at Lonmin’s Marikana mine in the North West has been killed – the third death resulting from union violence there.