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NEHAWU statement on brutal assault of a professional nurse – union to march in defiance of bail application 2026-08-14 [COSATU]

Treasury’s squeeze: municipalities fail to pay salaries 2026-07-28 [The Citizen]

ILO Official Urges Workers To Shape Digital Governance For more info 2026-07-22 [The Labour Pulse]

NEHAWU statement on collapse of health institutions in province 2026-07-22 [COSATU]

POPCRU takes high-stakes dispute back to court to secure 500 jobs at prison 2026-07-08 [Nova News]

Correctional Department locks out 500 union workers at Mangaung prison 2026-07-02 [Nova News]

Standoff looms at maximum-security Mangaung Correctional Centre — Popcru warns of non-cooperation 2026-06-30 [Daily Maverick]

NUM youth structure to lead anti-drug march in Welkom 2026-06-16 [NUM]

SADTU condemns attack on student teacher 2026-06-12 [SADTU]

Education department defends financial clampdown on schools, citing governance breakdowns 2026-05-22 [Daily Maverick]

Over 70 municipality workers jobless after court overturns their appoinments 2026-05-19 [Sowetan]

“They are cutting their nose to spite their face” – Teachers blast Department 2026-05-16 [Step Up SA]

Legislature hears damning claims against Matjhabeng leadership 2026-05-16 [OFM]

SADTU condemns abrupt stoppage of Learning and Teaching Support Material allocations to schools 2026-05-14 [SADTU]

SAMWU condemns collapsing service delivery and rejects the dis-establishment of Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality 2026-05-12 [COSATU]

COSATU to protest against Spar Supermarket in Bothaville against racial discrimination 2026-05-09 [COSATU]

Map Water shutdown sparks protest march today 2026-05-09 [Step Up SA]

SADTU media statement on expectations from the education budget vote 2026-05-04 [SADTU]

SADTU media statement post Elective Provincial Conference 2026-04-29 [SADTU]

NUM regional women structure condemns second fatal incident involving a female worker at Harmony Target Mine 2026-03-27 [NUM]

Sadtu raises alarm about school infrastructure as two schools shut 2026-03-10 [TimesLIVE]

SADTU concerned about closure of schools due to infrastructure challenges 2026-03-09 [SADTU]

SAMWU calls out Maluti-a-Phofung, a municipality at war with its own workers 2026-02-18 [COSATU]

Samwu threatens strike over ‘toxic’ Matjhabeng work environment 2026-02-12 [OFM]

COSATU statement on Matric results 2026-01-17 [COSATU]

SADTU Free State congratulates the Matric class of 2025 in the province 2026-01-15 [SADTU]

NUMSA condemns Die Veiling Pub and Grill for wage discrimination and worker abuse 2026-01-01 [Central News]

Safety concerns force shutdown of Petrusburg Labour Centre 2025-12-10 [SABC]

Deal struck to end wage strike at Free State Liquor Authority 2025-12-04 [Nova News]

Disgruntled workers at gambling authority continue strike over salary increase 2025-11-28 [Nova News]

Gambling, Liquor and Tourism Authority breaks silence as workers continue to strike 2025-11-26 [OFM]

Gambling, liquor and Tourism Authority workers strike over pay, alleged corruption 2025-11-26 [OFM]

Municipality challenged over unlawful 15 year fixed-term contracts 2025-11-12 [IOL]

Water workers on strike 2025-10-28 [GroundUp]

Union happy after ‘bullying’ director gets the boot 2025-09-16 [Daily Sun]

Samwu slams ANC over ‘selective’ municipal interventions 2025-08-28 [OFM]

Samwu slams ANC over ‘selective’ municipal interventions 2025-08-28 [OFM]

SAMWU responds to ANC’s decision to recall municipal leaders: a step forward, yet selective and inadequate 2025-08-25 [COSATU]

Teachers’ march disrupts schooling 2025-08-22 [GroundUp]

Union wants 'bully' director fired 2025-08-22 [Daily Sun]

NUMSA embarks on strike action at Lesedi Aluminium/Big Cookware 2025-08-06 [The Bullrushes]

COSATU demands consequence management of municipalities by provincial and national government 2025-08-05 [COSATU]

NUM calls for urgent resolution to water crisis severely impacting Matjhabeng mining operations, workers and communities 2025-07-29 [NUM]

Govt urged to invest more resources to support teachers 2025-07-03 [SABC]

Frustrated doctors face unemployment after Cuban medical training in systemic crisis 2025-06-30 [Daily Maverick]

Nehawu threatens strike if demands are not met 2025-06-20 [SABC]

Two other buildings housing police shut down 2025-06-05 [Sunday World]

AMCU reports of another fall-of-ground fatality at Harmony 2025-05-31 [Mining Weekly]

Mangaung Municipality in spending crisis after exceeding budget 2025-05-19 [The Citizen]

Premier to address NUM strategic planning review on key economic sectors 2025-05-15 [NUM]

This month in labour history

This month in labour history

23-10-1913 With 5,000 Indian workers on strike in North Natal, Gandhi publicly declares his intention to pull strikers out of the mines and seek a mass arrest, if necessary by illegally crossing the Transvaal border. [more]

25-10-1913 Gandhi meets with coal mine owners and other employers of Indian workers at the Durban Chamber of Commerce and explains the strike is the result of the government’s refusal to abolish the £ 3 tax. [more]

30-10-1978 A strike at Eveready, a British manufacturer of automotive batteries, becomes the first legal strike in 20 years. Several workers are made redundant when they refuse to return to work. [more]