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Over 30 govt employees allegedly resign as lifestyle audits loom 2026-07-27 [SABC]

Over 30 govt employees allegedly resign as lifestyle audits loom 2026-07-27 [SABC]

COSATU welcomes arrest of Ubuntu Mayor for contravening Pension Fund Act 2026-07-08 [COSATU]

Three firefighters killed while responding to veld fire 2026-06-15 [Insight News Network]

NUM slams Petra Diamonds as 1 800 jobs hang in the balance at Finsch and Cullinan 2026-06-14 [Sunday World]

COSATU General Secretary Solly Phetoe's address to SADTU Provincial Congress 2026-06-05 [COSATU]

Kimberley contract worker strike deepens as job cut anger boils over 2026-05-19 [Journal News]

SAMWU cautiously welcomes administration of Sol Plaatje Local Municipality 2026-05-07 [COSATU]

Vass meets with SAMWU leadership over ongoing challenges at the embattled Sol Plaatje Local Municipality 2026-04-22 [The Guardian]

NUMSA welcomes extension of provisional liquidation of Ekapa Mine 2026-04-18 [Central News]

Amcu demands accountability after Ekapa Mine deaths 2026-03-25 [Sowetan]

Numsa demands Ekapa CEO’s arrest over deaths, unpaid workers 2026-03-24 [OFM]

COSATU relieved for the families of the Ekapa trapped miners 2026-03-24 [COSATU]

Numsa relieved as final bodies of Ekapa miners retrieved 2026-03-24 [SABC]

AMCU demands accountability after Implats fatality 2026-03-18 [Mining Weekly]

Rescue efforts continue after body found at Kimberley Mine 2026-03-10 [OFM]

Unpaid Ekapa work­ers threaten to shut down Kim­ber­ley 2026-03-03 [The Star]

NUMSA to monitor retrieval of trapped miners 2026-03-03 [Channel Africa]

Minister Mantashe prioritises body recovery over mine liquidation at disaster-hit Ekapa 2026-02-28 [Nova News]

Ekapa Mine liquidation leaves over 1 000 workers jobless 2026-02-27 [SABC]

Minister Mantashe fears five trapped miners may be dead 2026-02-21 [SABC]

Tragedy strikes Ekapa Mine as five mineworkers become trapped in mudslide 2026-02-18 [The Star]

Rescue operation underway for five trapped miners at Ekapa Mine 2026-02-18 [SABC]

Long wait over for some – 125 Sol Plaatje Municipality casual workers get permanent jobs 2026-02-17 [DFA]

SAMWU joyously welcomes permanent appointment of 497 contract workers at Sol Plaatje Municipality 2026-02-13 [COSATU]

The ‘puppets will dance’ while the ‘royal mess’ continues at Sol Plaatje Municipality 2026-02-13 [DFA]

Sol Plaatje casual workers disrupt SPU graduation as unions push for permanent jobs 2026-02-09 [DFA]

Lights back on after unpaid municipal bill leaves provincial departments ‘powerless’ 2025-12-19 [DFA]

Lights back on after unpaid municipal bill leaves provincial departments ‘powerless’ 2025-12-19 [DFA]

SAMWU calls off strike Sol Platte strike following lLocal Labour Forum agreement 2025-11-14 [COSATU]

Sol Plaatje workers claim victory in jobs fight 2025-11-13 [DFA]

Tensions remain high as Sol Plaatje workers await labour forum outcome 2025-11-12 [DFA]

City services under siege 2025-11-07 [DFA]

Assmang to place Beeshoek Mine under care and maintenance, 622 jobs affected 2025-11-06 [Business Report]

Numsa heads to Labour Court over Ekapa Mine lay-offs 2025-11-03 [DFA]

POPCRU calls for probe into death of Nakop Border police officer 2025-10-15 [SABC]

POPCRU calls for probe into death of Nakop Border police officer 2025-10-15 [SABC]

Calls for probe into constable’s suicide at Nakop border post 2025-10-13 [DFA]

Declaration of Samwu's 13th Provincial Congress 2025-10-10 [COSATU]

COSATU General Secretary Solly Phetoe's address to SAMWU Provincial Congress 2025-10-10 [COSATU]

Union backs SAPS drive to fill critical posts 2025-09-16 [DFA]

City unites against crony tenders and political allies 2025-08-30 [DFA]

Department of Water and Sanitation to pay R4 million to Nehawu members 2025-08-23 [DFA]

NUM Fights Beeshoek Mine Closure to Save 688 Jobs 2025-08-21 [Discovery Alert]

NUM on the potential closure of Assmang Beeshoek mine 2025-08-20 [NUM]

Motsoaledi pledges support to fix healthcare challenges 2025-08-12 [The Citizen]

No holy cows, no sacrificial lambs, warn health unions 2025-08-12 [DFA]

Motsoaledi confident Health tribunal will address Denosa protest 2025-08-10 [SABC]

Union wants health bosses fired 2025-08-09 [Daily Sun]

COSATU seeks an audience with President Ramaphosa regarding housing for the ‘missing middle’ 2025-07-24 [COSATU]

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]