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State’s wage freeze sparks apoplexy

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Public sector unions have cried foul over the government’s plan to freeze wages for three years and have vowed to fight back.
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October 7 strike: ‘Lukewarm’ action amid Covid-19 crisis?

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After months of little action, the planned nationwide stayaway may not be an impressive show of force by the trade union movement
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Where will neoliberalism end?

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LONG READ As the world was overtaken by upheaval last year, one photo emerging from the uprisings depicts a protestor bearing a promise: “Neoliberalism was...
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Vavi asks Amcu for unity

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The Saftu general secretary addressed thousands of delegates at Amcu's national elective congress on Thursday
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Nedlac struggles with inclusivity

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The labour council has battled to defend its representation of workers’ interests, given that union membership is on the decline across the country
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Halt the capitalist crisis gripping the world

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Today’s capitalism is a slide into authoritarianism, using Islamophobia, xenophobia, racism and anti-Semitism to keep the state in power
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Former ANC treasurer Mendi Msimang dies

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Msimang was treasurer of the party under the leadership of former president Thabo Mbeki
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Vavi harassment complaint went ‘nowhere’

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This latest allegation relates to incidents in late August and early September 2017 in which Vavi is said to have harassed and later groped a woman
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Cosatu must introspect and fix itself, fast

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The labour federation is a victim of the impasse in the grand post-apartheid South African project
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Losi’s on a mission to rebuild Cosatu

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The first woman president plans to stamp out sexism and recruit members, including former ally Numsa
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The civil society resistance to state capture

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'The shift to tyranny in SA has been accompanied by political arguments about the nature of South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy'
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Unionist accused of stealing R600 000 of workers’ money

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The general secretary of a Saftu-affiliated union is being investigated for corruption
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Saftu opens the door to Cosatu’s Western Cape leader

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Cosatu’s Western Cape secretary has informally met senior leaders of the South African Federation of Trade Unions and could soon join Saftu
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#ScrapNewLabourLaws: The EFF comes to the party

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The political party has said it supports Saftu and urges all workers to join the strike against the proposed amendments to the Labour Relations Act
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#ScrapNewLabourLaws campaign is ready for a national shutdown

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Saftu with its affiliates, is embarking on a protected strike as part of the campaign to call on the government to rectify labour law amendments
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Luxor Paints loses CCMA case, must pay workers R40-m in back pay

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Some of the 181 workers were dismissed for carrying sticks during a strike, others were dismissed even though they weren’t at the picket, but were deemed guilty by association

Pay-TV inquiry probes the Multichoice monopoly

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Covid-overflow hospital in ruins as SIU investigates

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A high-level probe has begun into hundreds of millions of rand spent by the Gauteng health department to refurbish a hospital that is now seven months behind schedule – and lying empty

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