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Grievances laid bare: security guards strip naked in protest outside Gauteng health department 2024-04-18 [News 24]

City of Joburg is talking to union, security personnel at last 2024-04-18 [The Citizen]

Workers’ enormous e-toll debt needs government attention 2024-04-13 [Polity/UASA]

Working class has inflicted defeat on e-tolls 2024-04-11 [SAFTU]

COSATU welcomes scrapping of ill-conceived e-tolls and condemns historic debt obligations 2024-04-11 [COSATU]

SAFTU encourages motorists not to pay their outstanding e-toll debts 2024-04-11 [Power98.7FM]

SAMWU Ekurhuleni REC Statement 2024-04-03 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes formal ending of E Tolls 2024-04-02 [COSATU]

Putco probing incident where passengers escaped burning bus 2024-03-28 [Sunday World]

Health Department clears the air on Sedibeng clinic crisis 2024-03-24 [Sunday World]

Usindiso building blaze survivor says many others still homeless:‘We need a proper place to stay’ 2024-03-24 [Eyewitness News]

Sedibeng Hospitals landline fiasco leads to compromised healthcare for patients, says HAITU 2024-03-21 [IOL]

Waste pickers create their own recycling centre 2024-03-12 [GroundUp]

Sebokeng Police Station plagued by venomous snakes, officers threaten strike 2024-03-11 [BNN Breaking]

Denosa slam Health Dept following suspension of five nurses 2024-03-11 [SABC]

University of Pretoria striking workers await CCMA meeting to resolve wage deadlock 2024-03-08 [The Star]

Striking Nehawu workers hope CCMA intervention will assist with wage deadlock with University of Pretoria 2024-03-08 [The Star]

COSATU congratulates SACP on its successful 13th Provincial Congress 2024-03-05 [COSATU]

SAPS and Public Works called to Parliament over Telkom Towers debacle 2024-03-05 [GroundUp]

Nehawu vows to continue UP strike until demands are met 2024-03-04 [Jacaranda FM]

UP to resume contact classes on Monday amid Nehawu strike 2024-03-03 [JacarandaFM]

PUTCO accuses NUMSA of peddling unfounded allegations about 2022 wage strike 2024-03-02 [Eyewitness News]

Acting Joburg Mayor reverses the firing of 130 former employees 2024-03-02 [SABC]

Samwu welcomes high court ruling on dismissed CoJ workers 2024-03-02 [Sunday World]

POPCRU feels vindicated by closure of police headquarters in Pretoria 2024-03-01 [Eyewitness News]

Nehawu defends ‘inevitable disruptions’ during University of Pretoria workers’ strike 2024-03-01 [Daily Maverick]

SAPS fire rubber bullets, teargas to disperse striking UP workers 2024-02-26 [JacarandaFM]

They are dumping kak in our kasi 2024-02-23 [Daily Sun]

Police housed at unsafe building, says Popcru 2024-02-23 [The Star]

PUTCO allegedly dumps faeces in a residential area in Soweto - NUMSA 2024-02-22 [Politicsweb/NUMSA]

Students locked out on first day at University of Pretoria 2024-02-20 [Pretoria Rekord]

COSATU State of the Province Address expectations 2024-02-20 [COSATU]

COSATU warns Cities of Tshwane and Johannesburg to avoid grant forfeiture due to underperformance and poor expenditure 2024-02-16 [COSATU]

COSATU denounces alleged racism at Curro Academy in Protea, Soweto 2024-02-14 [COSATU]

COSATU applauds Nasi iSpani Gauteng Youth Recruitment Programme 2024-02-14 [COSATU]

COSATU deeply saddened by tragic incident at Oakdale Secondary 2024-02-13 [COSATU]

COSATU condemns City of Tshwane’s reckless management of finances 2024-02-09 [COSATU]

COSATU calls for urgent attention to shortage of fire engines and trucks in City of Johannesburg 2024-02-07 [COSATU]

There's hope for axed mineworkers 2024-02-07 [Daily Sun]

COSATU deeply concerned about Ekurhuleni and Tshwane municipalities’ lack of financial transparency and accountability 2024-02-05 [COSATU]

SAMWU members pleased with Metrobus engagements 2024-02-03 [SABC]

Hijacked and shot at hospital gate: Health Dept calls for increased security at Rahima Moosa 2024-02-02 [The Citizen]

DENOSA Ekurhuleni appalled by instigated violent act by Daveyton community on a nurse 2024-02-01 [COSATU]

COSATU condemns tragic shooting that occurred during Zakadriyya Park Community Back-to-School Campaign 2024-01-30 [COSATU]

COSATU gravely concerned about water crisis in Tshwane Mamelodi and City’s lack of urgency in addressing community’s needs 2024-01-30 [COSATU]

Tshwane outsourced security officers threaten to intensify strike 2024-01-29 [SABC]

NUM says Gold One management ‘stubborn’ and ‘useless’ 2024-01-17 [Business Report]

Intimidation claims hit struggling Gold One Modder East mine 2024-01-15 [Eyewitness News]

Gold One Mine workers switch gears 2024-01-13 [Daily Sun]

NUM calls for end to sit-in and hostage protests at Gold One 2024-01-13 [Business Report]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

14-04-1979 Inaugural meeting of FOSATU in Hammanskraal, the first non-racial, democratic national trade union federation with a strong field organization encouraging workers' control. [more]