Labour
Vavi rubbishes Jim’s recall manoeuvre
“No right to recall” says Vavi, who has never been a NUMSA member
By James Stent
Brief | 9 March 2023
People’s lives are “not our responsibility” says NEHAWU leader
Hospitals disrupted as public sector strike intensifies
Vincent Lali, Chris Gilili, Liezl Human, Tariro Washinyira, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Thamsanqa Mbovane, and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 8 March 2023
NEHAWU says strike action is growing
Patients turned away from some hospitals as public sector wage strike continues
News | 7 March 2023
Hundreds of public service workers down tools in defiance of court interdict
“We have nothing to lose now because we are earning peanuts anyway” says striking worker
By Chris Gilili, Tariro Washinyira and Thamsanqa Mbovane
News | 6 March 2023
Striking guards block office entrance, trapping government workers for hours
The guards are demanding their bonuses be paid
Brief | 3 March 2023
National minimum wage up by 9%. But soaring food costs means this is not enough, say unions
Call for Department of Employment and Labour inspectors to enforce the minimum wage law
By James Stent
News | 2 March 2023
Public sector pay: Godongwana cautions public servants about trade-offs
Unions demonstrate before budget speech, demanding 10% pay increase
News | 22 February 2023
Public Works employees sleep outside post office for a week waiting to be paid
Some spend R120 of their R810 salary on transport to Komani
News | 21 February 2023
People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF
Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return
By Liezl Human
News | 20 February 2023