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SAMWU blasts uMhlathuze over unpaid overtime, new jobs 2025-10-12 [East Coast Radio]

SAMWU demands the immediate prioritisation of outstanding payments by City of Umhlathuze Municipality 2025-10-09 [COSATU]

Cosatu calls for retrenchment to be the last resort for SA employers 2025-10-08 [The Mercury]

Cosatu: Workers are oppressed and suffering 2025-10-08 [Daily Sun]

COSATU Special Provincial Executive Committee Statement 2025-09-29 [COSATU]

SAMWU gearing up for protected strike action in Uthukela district municipality 2025-09-22 [COSATU]

Teachers union welcomes school safety plan 2025-09-21 [East Coast Radio]

Samwu warns of strike action amid unresolved Msunduzi labour issues 2025-09-18 [The Witness]

POPCRU calls for increased security after police station shooting 2025-09-16 [East Coast Radio]

Urgent action demanded following sexual misconduct allegations at school 2025-09-12 [IOL]

Cosatu pleas against victimisation and punitive measures after Durban taxi strike 2025-09-06 [The Independent]

Chatsworth school stabbing: Sadtu cautions incidents may grow amid intolerance 2025-09-03 [East Coast Radio]

Durban waste workers protest over salary cuts 2025-09-03 [GroundUp]

Popcru: ‘Police officers should be free to join a political party of choice’ 2025-09-03 [The Witness]

Urgent clean-up operation launched by Msunduzi Municipality following waste management strike 2025-09-01 [IOL]

Sadtu Women’s Day event halts classes in KZN, sparking backlash 2025-08-23 [News 24]

COSATU media statement on Utterances by KZN Police Commissioner blaming unions for declining government workforce 2025-08-20 [COSATU]

Teachers demand principal’s removal amid corruption and racism claims 2025-08-20 [Rising Sun]

SAMWU welcomes court ruling on salaries, condemns MEC buthelezi’s ill-conceived claims and unlawful intervention in uMkhanyakude 2025-08-05 [COSATU]

High Court orderss Umkhanyakude municipality to pay staff their July salaries 2025-08-03 [Sunday World]

Education department to embark on province-wide staff headcount 2025-08-01 [East Coast Radio]

Municipal workers’ suspensions lifted 2025-07-29 [South Coast Herald]

Urgent call to action as attacks on municipal employees rise 2025-07-24 [IOL]

Despite challenges in second term, all schools fully reopened, confirms Education Dept 2025-07-23 [Eyewitness News]

Ray Nkonyeni Municipality workers demand to meet with leadership 2025-07-22 [South Coast Herald]

SAMWU demands immediate removal of ministerial representative at uMkhanyakude District Municipality 2025-07-22 [COSATU]

Cosatu fights for e-hailing drivers' rights amid exploitation claims 2025-07-21 [The Mercury]

NEHAWU statement on challenges faced by workers at Ithala SOC Limited 2025-07-15 [COSATU]

No agreement between strike-hit uMhlathuze, workers 2025-07-10 [East Coast Radio]

POPCRU statement on revelations by provincial Police Commissioner 2025-07-08 [COSATU]

uMhlathuze workers’ strike suspended pending negotiations 2025-07-05 [Zululand Observer]

Growing outrage over appointment of education CFO amid graft allegations 2025-07-04 [Inside Education]

Unions question education department’s Yali Joyi appointment 2025-07-03 [TImesLIVE]

Statement on SADTU’s reaction to appointment of new CFO 2025-07-02 [SADTU]

Work to rule pays: SADTU welcomes successful payment of basic allocations to schools 2025-07-02 [SADTU]

KwaDukuza Municipality workers resume strike 2025-07-01 [East Coast Radio]

Municipal workers to strike in Ballito on Monday 2025-06-28 [North Coast Courier]

Tensions flare at uMngeni-uThukela Water over procurement dispute 2025-06-27 [The Witness]

KZN matric pupils face uncertainty as teacher unions initiate work to rule protest 2025-06-26 [IOL]

Doctors stage third demonstration calling for jobs at state hospitals 2025-06-26 [The Witness]

Unemployed doctors protest over delayed job postings 2025-06-25 [The Witness]

Rubbish burning on streets of eSikhaleni as municipal strike hampers service delivery 2025-06-24 [Zululand Observer]

uMhlathuze deploys security amid workers’ strike 2025-06-24 [East Coast Radio]

Sadtu halts teacher protest 2025-06-23 [East Coast Radio]

Strike standoff: uMhlathuze talks deadlocked 2025-06-22 [Zululand Observer]

Education department and unions reach a deal to ensure exams are held 2025-06-19 [Inside Education]

Premier intervenes to resolve teachers' strike and ensure June examinations proceed 2025-06-18 [The Post]

SAMWU announces protected strike action at Umhlathuze local municipality 2025-06-18 [COSATU]

SADTU media statement on the developments in education in the province 2025-06-17 [SADTU]

Parents express concern as some govt schools postpone June exams 2025-06-13 [SABC]

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]