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Nehawu members protest outside George Tabor Technical College in Soweto on 8 March 2023. (Fani Mahuntsi/ Gallo Images)
DENOSA

Nehawu-led public sector strike at an end, bargaining council says

Meanwhile, the Public Servants Association has turned down the government’s 7% salary raise proposal, saying it does not account for the soaring cost of living

  • Anathi Madubela
3 min read
Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)
AGENCY

PSA accepts Sars offer to end strike

The second union on strike at the agency, Nehawu, is yet to say whether it will end the strike

  • Agency
2 min read
Freedom to express fundamental rights versus administrative action by the South African Revenue Service exposes a fundamental link to communal interests and justice in a constitutional democracy. (Oupa Nkosi)
NATASHA MARRIAN

Sars staff to down tools amidst imminent appointment of new commissioner

The Public Service Association confirmed on Tuesday night that lengthy talks between the tax agency and unions had collapsed

  • Natasha Marrian
2 min read
DAN MATJILA

Workers want say in PIC board

Unionists want greater transparency after revelations and allegations about impropriety

  • Tebogo Tshwane
5 min read
Two fires last week at the Civitas building in Pretoria, which houses the health department, are suspected cases of arson. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
AARON MOTSOALEDI

Flaming row over health dept dangers

As deadly fires tear through unsafe buildings in Gauteng, civil servants tell state: ‘We warned you’

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Misstep: Although matric pupils who did not get the results they wanted can write supplementary exams, there is concern that pupils will be lost to the system after the dates for the exams were changed from March to June. Photo: Madelene Cronjé
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

#JoburgFire: ‘This is what we warned would happen’ – unions

The fire comes after the unions were told just last Friday that the department would not be moving offices despite their complaints about safety

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read
Aerofarms in Newark, New Jersey, is the world’s largest high-tech vertical ‘farm’. It’s in a 9?144m2 warehouse, which has no sun or soil and uses less water
CIVIL SERVANTS

Bombshell plan to lay off 30 000 public servants

The move is in line with a reconfiguration process to drastically cut the state’s wage bill

  • Dineo Bendile
  • Paddy Harper
  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
A member of the EFF party with a copy of the Constitution. (Kim Ludbrook/EPA)
PSA

PSA claims victory over Sassa

The PSA and the agency have not been able to reach an agreement on wage increases for workers since the union tabled its demands in February

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
Social standing: Beneficiaries queue to collect grants in Alexandra. (File photo/MG)
ALEX MITCHLEY

Sassa urges patience, assures grants will be paid despite difficulties

​Social grant beneficiaries who draw their money at ATMs might have to wait a little longer to access it

  • Alex Mitchley
2 min read
The government is taking the Public Servants Association to the labour court.
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Striking PSA workers taken to labour court

The PSA received court papers on Monday to say that the department of social development would apply for an interdict to stop the strike

  • Jenni Evans
2 min read
Right2Know campaigners picketed outside the Social Development head office over the social grants debacle on Monday.
PSA

Sassa strike will ‘cripple’ operations – PSA

The PSA has been engaged in prolonged and conflict-ridden wage negotiations

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read
The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) denies that there was anything exceptional about January’s payment run. But many people have complained to #PayTheGrants and Black Sash.
GOVAN WHITTLES

Sassa strike won’t disrupt grants payouts, says public servants union

The strike is planned from June 11 and will take place on days when there are no pay outs

  • Govan Whittles
3 min read
The government is taking the Public Servants Association to the labour court.
DER MERWE

PSA plans for ‘Day of Rage’, indefinite strike

The PSA says it will begin a fresh round of strike action on Monday June 11, starting with protests it is calling a "Day of Rage".

  • Marelise Van Der Merwe
2 min read
Close to majority of unions sign public sector wage deal
LABOUR UNIONS

Close to majority of unions sign public sector wage deal

​The protracted public sector wage negotiations are close to being clinched with 42% of the employees represented having signed the three year deal

  • Tehillah Nieselow
3 min read
The teachers’ union have called the PSA’s threats to embark on strike action ‘disingenuous’
PSA

Sadtu accuses PSA of being ‘all bark and no bite’

Calling the PSA a puppy, the teachers’ union has accused the organisation of having no political clarity.

  • Sarah Smit
4 min read