Labour
“If employers tell domestic workers to stay home, they must still get paid” says union
Department of Labour says provisions are being made to safeguard employees forced to take leave amid Covid-19 fears
News | 20 March 2020
Dysfunctional Compensation Fund leaves medical professionals “out of pocket”
“Doctors can’t give you a service without payment”
By Liezl Human
News | 18 March 2020
The dumping of former farm workers can never be justified
There should be a moratorium on farm evictions
By Carmen Louw
Right to reply | 18 March 2020
Department of Labour ready to pay domestic workers’ compensation claims, court told
Constitutional Court hears argument on Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act
By Zoë Postman
News | 10 March 2020
Constitutional Court to rule on compensation for domestic workers
Court asked to declare legislation excluding domestic workers from Compensation Fund unconstitutional
Law | 9 March 2020
Seven years after renovations started, school still incomplete
“Usually when it rains I have to stand for the rest of the period because my spot leaks” says learner
Brief | 28 February 2020
Tragic landfill conflict fouls Cape Town’s air
Security guard murdered, dumpsite set on fire
News | 27 February 2020
Armed men assault clinic workers
Pietermaritzburg clinic closed after attack; patients turned away
Brief | 25 February 2020
Payouts to injured workers held up by faulty government software
New R300 million Compensation Fund software isn’t working
By Liezl Human
Brief | 25 February 2020