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Human Rights festival highlights plight of domestic workers [GroundUp] 31-03-2026


South Africa faces another national disaster - COSATU [MyBroadband] 25-03-2026


Celebrating 30 years of South Africa’s constitution: progress and challenges for workers [Business Report] 23-03-2026


/ Sweden A unified push: Union-to-Union South Africa project gets underway [BWI] 23-03-2026


Keynote address by Deputy President Shipokosa Paulus Mashatile at the 2026 Annual Labour School [SA Government] 22-03-2026



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NUM demands fair wages and dignity as negotiations with Goldfields commence 2026-04-01 [NUM]

Government’s R3 a litre fuel levy cut is a positive first step but much more relief is urgently needed 2026-04-01 [COSATU]

FEDUSA reacts to fuel levy relief announcement 2026-04-01 [FEDUSA]

Iqbal Survé’s 13-year, R458m reckoning  2026-03-31 [Currency News]

The left must eschew xenophobia 2026-03-31 [Mail & Guardian]

Human Rights festival highlights plight of domestic workers 2026-03-31 [GroundUp]

Limpopo Fatal accident at platinum mine sparks GIWUSA outcry 2026-03-31 [The Bullrushes]

Thabo Mbeki's unemployment remarks slammed as critics blame him for skills crisis 2026-03-31 [IOL]

South Africa faces fuel price crisis: Urgent government intervention needed 2026-03-31 [Business Report]

COSATU applauds SACCAWU’s victory over Massmart 2026-03-31 [COSATU]

SAFTU endorses labour’s calls and demands urgent action 2026-03-31 [SAFTU]

Gauteng SAMWU welcomes court victory against Democratic Alliance and calls on workers to reject it at the polls 2026-03-31 [COSATU]

Union rejects PRASA planned jobs cut, warns of legal action 2026-03-29 [Power987]

Nurses challenge court ruling in appeal bid 2026-03-29 [The Citizen]

Gauteng High Court throws out DA urgent application to stop City of Joburg wage hikes 2026-03-29 [The Bullrushes]

Eastern Cape Teachers' organisation demands investigation into Education Department corruption 2026-03-29 [IOL]

KwaZulu-Natal 500 Grade R teachers appointed: Unions welcome the move but highlight serious concerns 2026-03-28 [IOL]

CWU welcomes Labour Court finding former General Secretary in contempt 2026-03-28 [COSATU]

Eastern Cape COSATU supports NEHAWU views on the fire incident at Botha Sigcau building 2026-03-28 [COSATU]

Gauteng DA’s urgent court bid to stop R10bn pay deal in JHB struck off the roll 2026-03-28 [Fullview]

KwaZulu-Natal Province appoints 500 Grade R teachers as unions call move long overdue 2026-03-28 [East Coast Radio]

Glencore-Merafe chrome smelter deal with Eskom hits a snag 2026-03-28 [Moneyweb]

Public sector union calls for remote work over looming fuel price hikes 2026-03-28 [CNBC Africa]

Gauteng R10 billion wage dispute heads to court as DA challenge sparks Joburg worker protests 2026-03-28 [Timeless News]

FEDUSA calls for urgent relief as repo rate remains unchanged 2026-03-28 [FEDUSA]

SADTU urges Basic Education Minister Siviwe Gwarube to stop manipulating departmental recruitment processes 2026-03-28 [SADTU]

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

Supreme Court of Appeal torpedoes Sekunjalo Investment Media's defence as R458.6m debt storm swirls 2026-03-27 [Daily Maverick]

COSATU welcomes SARB’s sober decision not to increase the repo rate 2026-03-27 [COSATU]

COSATU mourns the passing of struggle stalwart, comrade Terry Bell 2026-03-27 [COSATU]

Eastern Cape R35,000 payment: Teacher wins bonus dispute after department refuses to acknowledge new qualification 2026-03-27 [IOL]

Late Terry Bell remembered for principled life 2026-03-27 [SABC]

North West NEHAWU tightens grip on Health Department over Witrand appointment dispute 2026-03-27 [Potchefstroom Herald]

Glencore Merafe seeks urgent tariff revisions to avoid retrenchments 2026-03-27 [Mining Review]

The legacy of Terry Bell – speaking truth to power until the very end 2026-03-27 [Daily Maverick]

Gauteng Ekurhuleni’s “ghost workers” demand jobs and compensation 2026-03-27 [GroundUp]

Terry Bell was a force for good in the world 2026-03-27 [GroundUp]

Sibanye lawyer shot dead: security and labour risk takeaways for mine teams 2026-03-26 [Geomechanics]

Limpopo EPWP workers left unpaid for months 2026-03-26 [GroundUp]

SAFTU mourns the passing of veteran journalist and revolutionary, Terry Bell 2026-03-26 [SAFTU]

Glencore Merafe confirms counter proposal to Eskom’s ‘unworkable’ 62c/kWh conditions 2026-03-26 [Engineering News]

Trade unions collaborate to tackle crippling cost of living 2026-03-26 [SABC]

South Africa faces another national disaster - COSATU 2026-03-25 [MyBroadband]

COSATU presents its submission on the Budget’s Division of Revenue Bill 2026-03-25 [COSATU]

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

Socio-Economic Rights Institute fights for worker dismissed for calling boss ‘white racist’ 2026-03-24 [Sowetan]

International tyre brand’s factory at risk 2026-03-24 [TopAuto]

Numsa slams smelting giants for possible retrenchments despite Eskom tariff reductions 2026-03-24 [The Citizen]

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

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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]