Workers Day
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Unionised workforce still ideal
We are proud of how far Cosatu has come since it was launched 40 years ago in Durban and the role it has played in ending apartheid, securing our constitutional democracy,…
Berita’s ‘Echoes of The Soul’: A meditation on migrant workers
Berita’s Workers’ Day performance becomes a powerful meditation on migration, memory and xenophobia in a nation built through labour, movement and forgotten solidarities
Editorial: Workers’ Day 32 years on
As we commemorate Workers Day 2026, and 32 years into democracy, it is time for us to reflect on the rights of workers and confront unemployment
Hidden inequality in SA’s workplaces
Section 9 of the Constitution and section 6 of the Employment Equity Act (EEA) prohibit unfair discrimination on a wide range of grounds, including race, gender, religion and…
Workers’ Day: How the Commission for Conciliation Mediation and Arbitration can promote social justice through ubuntu
The CCMA uses dialogue based on conciliation and mediation to transform labour relations
Parties hail VAT reversal as ANC admits budget vote missteps
The Democratic Alliance has claimed credit for the about-turn by the treasury on the tax, saying its legal team had presented a strong case against the flawed parliamentary…
Workers and the rise of the algorithmic boss
The issue lies in management-by-algorithm — the technologically ‘objective’ use of people analytics, big data and AI to manage the workforce
Ampersand Mixtape 2: Weekend Special
Where does Workers’ Day come from? Why do we have weekends? What should we listen to on weekends? And why is Brenda Fassie’s first hit song essential for your weekend?
Monageng ‘Vice’ Motshabi’s book and play question the real new South Africa
The The Red on the Rainbow is a story many South Africans can relate to as it asks the hard questions of where the rainbow is
Workers’ Day marks huge job losses around the world, exacerbated by the pandemic
The activism of people such as Tlou Theophilus Cholo laid the foundation for improve work conditions in South Africa
Let’s race with, not against, the machine
SA’s economy will need a growing supply of tech experts such as programmers and roboticists
It’s mayday for unions as May Day turnout disappoints
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.
Cyril can’t fill up the stadium either
A hot day at Sugar Ray Xulu with campaigning almost over may show why the ruling party should be worried
Ramaphosa tells workers: ‘Our country rests on our shoulders’
The president talked up his achievements in the last year at a May Day rally organised by Cosatu in Durban
Alexandra township is the place of forgotten people — Malema
The EFF leader says Alexandra is an indication of how the governing party has done nothing to improve the lives of township residents