Wage Increases

Public sector workers set to strike wage agreement

Article Sarah Evans - 19 May 2015

Unions are likely to accept the state's latest public sector wage offer and bring to an end seven months of negotiations and the threat of a strike.

Solar boom boosts South African salaries

Article Jaco Visser - 11 Dec 2013

Renewables projects have provided new jobs with higher salaries and brought new economic activity into the Northern Cape.

Amcu postpones decision on possible strike

Article Andre Janse & Van Vuuren - 26 Nov 2013

Amcu, the biggest union at Amplats, will ask members to decide on a possible strike in January after a two-week break.

Amcu may settle for less than R12.5k wage demand

Article Sapa - 14 Nov 2013

The Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union has lowered its demand of R12 500 a month for workers at Impala Platinum, says the union.

Private firms strike out over salaries

Article Thalia Holmes - 13 Sep 2013

Higher wage trends have ensured that parastatals largely avoided work stoppages this season.

De Beers agrees to NUM wage increase

Article Sapa - 6 Jul 2013

De Beers and the National Union of Mineworkers have reached an agreement of a nine percent wage increase.

Double miners’ pay, demands Amcu

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Jun 2013

Amcu is insisting that gold mines more than double the wages of entry-level workers, raising the stakes for pay talks set for early next month.

Pay agreement on the cards to end Satawu bus strike

Article Sapa - 13 May 2013

A pay deal is in sight to end a nationwide strike by bus drivers, the South African Transport and Allied Workers' Union has said.

Satawu calls for bus driver wage increase

Videos Staff Reporter - 7 May 2013

Satawu union members marched through the streets of Jo’burg to demand a wage increase for bus drivers.

Farmers take stock of wage hikes

Article Lynley Donnelly - 8 Mar 2013

Agricultural unions are urging their members to apply to the labour department for exemptions.

Pay hikes must relate to value

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Jul 2012

Agreeing to increases without assessing their effect on the market poses risks for investors

Cosatu makes job situation ‘worse’

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 May 2011

The Cape Chamber of Commerce says Cosatu actually makes the unemployment situation worse with its unreasonable demands for wage increases.

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