Labour
Doubts over Compensation Fund’s ability to pay out for Covid-19 claims
However, the Fund’s glitchy computer system is at last showing some improvement
By Liezl Human
Brief | 18 May 2020
Overcrowded Dunoon battles rising Covid-19 cases
No social distancing and health workers protest after colleagues test positive
News | 15 May 2020
Covid-19: Desperate workers end Working for Water strike
Offices of the Gamtoos Irrigation Board, shut down since 11 March, reopened on Friday to process Covid-19 relief funds
News | 13 May 2020
Covid-19: Many domestic workers not covered by relief measures
Unions propose amnesty for all employers who have not registered with UIF
By Zoë Postman
News | 11 May 2020
Covid-19: Lear Corporation workers protest after being put on short-time
Company has apparently applied for TERS funding but employees have not been paid this yet
News | 7 May 2020
Robertson farmer takes activists to court over eviction email
Rural Legal Centre accused farmer of not complying with law
News | 20 April 2020
Covid-19: Safety ramped up at Ceres fruit packhouse as employee tests positive
Rush to screen workers from Nduli in Ceres where first case was logged this week
By Liezl Human
News | 16 April 2020
Covid-19: Judge scolds union for “untenable” case against Minister of Health
“Under circumstances of national disaster, everyone is called upon, for the good of society as a whole, to co-operate in bringing the pandemic under control.”
News | 11 April 2020
Covid-19: Residents lend a helping hand to waste picker in Benoni
“If many people offer help to waste pickers during this difficult time of the coronavirus, South Africa will be a better place,” says waste picker
Brief | 9 April 2020