Labour unions
Steel strike continues as NUMSA members reject SEIFSA offer
Investigation ongoing into security guards accused of using live ammunition on striking workers
News | 14 October 2021
Workers and police clash as NUMSA steel strike continues
Unions are considering an offer by employer association SEIFSA
News | 12 October 2021
Vavi calls for general strike to support metal workers
Employers say NUMSA’s demands will force companies to close
By Masego Mafata and Kimberly Mutandiro
News | 8 October 2021
Hundreds of workers march for end to pay freeze
COSATU members and affiliated unions held demonstrations across the country
By Marecia Damons, Masego Mafata and Joseph Chirume
News | 7 October 2021
Steel workers countrywide down tools, demanding 8% wage hike
Man dies during NUMSA march in Gqeberha
By Masego Mafata, Joseph Chirume, Nokulunga Majola and Marecia Damons
News | 5 October 2021
Platinum mine tense after assassination of unionist
NUMSA’s Malibongwe Mdazo was gunned down outside the CCMA office in Rustenburg
News | 26 August 2021
Public service workers protest over wages outside Western Cape legislature
Unions hope Constitutional Court will force government to stick to 2018 wage agreement
Brief | 24 August 2021
CCMA upholds dismissal of Spar workers in Gqeberha for violating picket rules
Commissioner finds workers guilty of “gross misconduct” and violating a court interdict
Brief | 5 August 2021
Workers dismissed for refusing polygraph test head to Labour Court
The workers will argue that polygraph tests are unscientific and will ask for their dismissals to be rescinded
By Liezl Human
News | 9 July 2021