Labour
Covid-19: Textile industry agrees on temporary relief for employees
This is one of the first of several similar agreements being negotiated across different industries
Brief | 7 April 2020
Covid-19: Street vendor says she can now feed family of 17 under relaxed regulations
Informal taders selling essential goods and uncooked foods to now operate with a permit during the lockdown
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: “I’ve lost six months of my income” says musician
Government avails relief funds for performers out of pocket due to the lockdown
News | 6 April 2020
Covid-19: Are agricultural workers being protected?
Labour Department warns companies to comply or face closure
By Liezl Human
News | 1 April 2020
Covid-19: Some sex workers move online as SA heads into lockdown
SWEAT and Sonke call for fast-tracking of law reform and decriminalisation of sex work
Brief | 27 March 2020
“Our entire livelihoods are coming to a standstill” says waste picker
Informal sector workers’ plea to be included in UIF provisions during the lockdown
By Zoë Postman
News | 27 March 2020
Covid-19: Open letter to President Ramaphosa
Coalition of unions, co-ops and other organisations demand protection for precarious workers
Opinion | 24 March 2020
If your conviction for a crime is overturned, do you get your job back?
A Constitutional Court judgment answers this – at least in the case of SANDF employees
Law | 24 March 2020
Human Rights Commission asked to look at farm job losses and evictions
Seasonal farm worker says she was dismissed without full pay and told: “It’s because of the virus”
News | 23 March 2020