Labour

Tariffs on Shein and Temu: cheaper clothes versus saving jobs

SARS closes a loophole in import duties

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News | 29 November 2024

Patients to be moved from Cofimvaba Hospital as nurses down tools

The Eastern Cape health department has issued an ultimatum to return to work

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Brief | 26 November 2024

Why wage inequality matters

New legislation empowers shareholders to limit outrageous CEO remuneration

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Opinion | 14 November 2024

Injured Mister Sweet workers yet to be compensated

Casual worker claims he did not get any training before he got the job

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News | 7 November 2024

Casual workers protest outside Joburg mayor’s office, demanding jobs

They also want feedback on the City’s recruitment processes

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Brief | 6 November 2024

Mister Sweet strike ends: workers to return to work next week

Workers agree to Premier’s initial offer of a 7% increase

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Brief | 4 November 2024

Mamelodi residents struggle to claim UIF as labour office closed

The department says it shut the offices out of safety concerns in August after sporadic service delivery protests

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Brief | 4 November 2024

No lifeline for teachers as Godongwana warns of “difficult trade-offs”

“Budget cuts kill education” protesters tell Minister of Finance

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News | 30 October 2024

Mister Sweet workers shut down labour department

They claim that an inspector left a Mister Sweet factory with “a lot of packets of sweets”

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News | 30 October 2024

Community health workers picket outside Labour Court

NEHAWU has brought a case to compel the health department to give the workers permanent jobs

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Brief | 30 October 2024

Ivaldo Macamo lost his leg when the George building collapsed. He is still waiting for compensation

Not one of the families we spoke to has received any payout

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News | 30 October 2024

Another worker loses a finger at Mister Sweet

Second injury to a casual worker as strike enters its 11th week

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Brief | 28 October 2024

The Limpopo government mismanaged their money. But these workers are not giving up

Premier Phophi Ramathuba promised that former employees of the Great North Transport bus company would start receiving their unpaid pensions this week

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News | 10 October 2024

After six weeks UIF online system still down

COSATU has called on the labour minister to intervene

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News | 4 October 2024

After 22 years, almost half of labour tenant land claims are unresolved

Law guarantees land ownership to labour tenants who were given access to land in exchange for labour during apartheid

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News | 2 October 2024