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COSATU notes raid at Maumela’s luxury property 2025-10-11 [COSATU]

Unions demand action against corrupt syndicates that exploited Tembisa Hospital workers 2025-10-08 [IOL]

Tshwane workers demand job security on International Day for Decent Work 2025-10-08 [IOL]

Frustrated NEHAWU members vow to continue demonstrating until demands are met 2025-10-05 [Eyewitness News]

NEHAWU gives Health Department 14 days to respond to demands 2025-10-03 [Eyewitness News]

Nehawu to march against ‘crisis engulfing Health Department' 2025-10-03 [SABC]

NEHAWU g to march to the Department of Health 2025-10-02 [COSATU]

Union applauds Tembisa hospital graft probe, laments R2bn lost 2025-09-30 [SABC]

COSATU statement on the meeting with Premier Lesufi 2025-09-29 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes the SIU interim report on Tembisa Hospital 2025-09-29 [COSATU]

Samwu slams Tshwane councillors’ salaries hike 2025-09-27 [The Citizen]

Six months on, EMPD protest disciplinary action remains unclear in Ekurhuleni 2025-09-23 [Bedfordview Edenvale News]

Samwu condemns Tshwane council's 5% salary increase for councillors amid wage dispute 2025-09-22 [IOL]

SAMWU says it 'prematurely' celebrated DA ousting in Tshwane 2025-09-20 [Eyewitness News]

Union vows to continue Germiston strike until demands are met 2025-09-15 [Jacaranda FM]

Ekurhuleni taxi strike: SATAWU calls on law enforcement to prevent violence 2025-08-30 [Eyewitness News]

Early childhood development educators protest over funding crisis 2025-08-28 [GroundUp]

SAPS, SIU urged to ensure Deokaran murder mastermind faces justice 2025-08-24 [SABC]

COSATU condemns violent attacks on e-hailing drivers and notes community calls to shut down Maponya Mall 2025-08-15 [COSATU]

Tshwane to refurbish deteriorating buildings & turn it into accommodation for municipal employees 2025-08-08 [Eyewitness News]

Samwu vows to hold Tshwane political parties accountable for unpaid salary increases 2025-08-07 [IOL]

Tshwane municipal workers demand salary increases 2025-08-07 [GroundUp]

Rea Vaya drivers bring operations to a halt 2025-08-05 [SowetanLIVE]

Hundreds of unemployed young people march to Nigel factories for jobs 2025-08-04 [GroundUp]

‘We are surviving by handouts’: UIF beneficiaries say they haven’t been paid in three months 2025-08-03 [The Citizen]

MEC calls on municipal workers to fight corruption and improve service delivery 2025-07-25 [IOL]

Tshwane shuts down workers’ protest at last minute 2025-07-23 [The Citizen]

Outrage as City of Tshwane Blocks Legally Approved Workers’ Protest 2025-07-22 [GTA]

Tshwane workers demand overdue salary increase and reinstatement of colleagues 2025-07-22 [IOL]

Outrage as Tshwane city manager blocks Samwu's planned march 2025-07-17 [IOL]

Gautrain shutdown looms as NUMSA secures strike certificate 2025-07-13 [IOL]

Numsa to gauge member support for a strike at Gautrain 2025-07-10 [Engineering News]

Tshwane workers still want their increases 2025-07-06 [The Citizen]

Gautrain wage deadlock: Union threatens strike over 7% wage demand 2025-07-03 [News 24]

SAMWU vows not to relent on its wage demands at the City of Tshwane 2025-07-03 [Newsnote]

R1000 Bail for two Evaton police officers accused of murdering fellow cop 2025-07-03 [Drum]

Wage talks between Samwu and City of Tshwane break down, leaving workers in limbo 2025-07-02 [IOL]

SAMWU update on City of Tshwane CCMA Section 150 2025-07-01 [COSATU]

Court to rule on Pikitup strike 2025-06-28 [The Post]

COSATU welcomes unveiling of province’s first Municipal Economic Review and Outlook and release of the Lifestyle Audit Report 2025-06-26 [COSATU]

Gold One mine to resume operations on Wednesday after workers’ strike 2025-06-16 [The Post]

SAMWU workers march on Merafong Municipality 2025-06-07 [Carletonville Herald ]

Nursing union and opposition parties slam budget 2025-06-06 [SowetanLIVE]

Staff shortage blamed for surgical backlog 2025-06-04 [Jacaranda FM]

POPCRU launches rolling pickets at SAPS Academies to confront allegations of sexual abuse 2025-06-04 [COSATU]

COSATU welcomes pronouncement by Premier Panyaza Lesufi to relaunch Nasi Ispani Project 2025-05-28 [COSATU]

Inside Baragwanath Hospital: How a linen shortage exposed systemic failures 2025-05-24 [Bizcommunity]

Rescue for 260 workers trapped in South African mine 2025-05-23 [AAP]

PSA accuses Provincial Government of covering up in Tembisa Hospital fire 2025-05-23 [SABC]

Outrage as police union condemns brutal killing of Johannesburg officer and civilian 2025-05-22 [IOL]

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]