NUMSA slams government’s delay on electricity tariff relief for companies

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South Africa Cosatu will be ramping up its campaigns in support of badly needed interventions [Business Report] 23-09-2025

South Africa Cosatu convenes Central Committee against the backdrop of a 42.9% overall unemployment rate [IOL] 23-09-2025

South Africa COSATU statement on the 8th Central Committee [COSATU ] 22-09-2025

South Africa SAMWU vows to make Gauteng 'ungovernable' during upcoming G20 Summit [Eyewitness News] 20-09-2025

South Africa / Palestine SAFTU welcomes UN report confirming genocide in Gaza [SAFTU] 17-09-2025

South Africa NUMSA secures above-inflation multi-year deal for workers at South 32 Hillside Aluminium [Eyewitness News] 17-09-2025

South Africa COSATU President Zingiswa Losi's address to 8th COSATU Central Committee [COSATU] 16-09-2025

South Africa Buffalo City municipal workers go on strike [GroundUp] 16-09-2025

South Africa Hundreds march to demand permanent jobs with City of Ekhurhuleni [GroundUp] 12-09-2025

Other news

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

Limpopo Unions report that nurse vacancy rate worsens in hospitals 2025-09-27 [SABC]

Minister Ramokgopa promises power deal to revive ferrochrome smelters amid job-loss fears 2025-09-26 [Business Report]

Auto industry fails workers as pension arrears hit record billions 2025-09-26 [Daily Maverick]

Player union takes SAFA to High Court over professional footballers' denial of justice 2025-09-26 [Fifpro]

NUMSA slams government’s delay on electricity tariff relief for companies 2025-09-26 [Jacaranda FM]

COSATU to host lectures in the lead up to 40th anniversary 2025-09-25 [COSATU]

Minister Buti Manamela to address NUM’s International Literacy Day in Phalaborwa 2025-09-25 [NUM]

SADTU condemns rampant burglaries in schools leading to the theft of valuable learner teacher support material 2025-09-25 [SADTU]

SAFPU warns Siwelele against reckless behaviour 2025-09-25 [African Football]

School safety crisis deepens in Msunduzi after latest attack 2025-09-25 [The Witness]

Radel's discrimination and failure of regulatory bodies 2025-09-25 [NUM]

Eastern Cape Coca-Cola retrenchments spark union opposition and economic concerns in East London 2025-09-24 [AlgoaFM]

Government doesn’t have an answer to ‘jobs bloodbath’: Vavi 2025-09-23 [SABC]

Eastern Cape Municipal strike called off in Buffalo City 2025-09-23 [GroundUp]

FEDUSA rejects SARB’s conservative posture that is a betrayal 2025-09-23 [FEDUSA]

South Africa Never Again is Now! A Palestinian call to South African Trade Unions 2025-09-23 [PNFTU]

COSATU campaigns to defend Expropriation Act – to ensure it benefits ‘the dispossessed black majority’ 2025-09-23 [The News Line]

Cosatu convenes Central Committee against the backdrop of a 42.9% overall unemployment rate 2025-09-23 [IOL]

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

SAFPU slams Siwelele FC over governance and player welfare concerns 2025-09-23 [IOL]

Cosatu will be ramping up its campaigns in support of badly needed interventions 2025-09-23 [Business Report]

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

NEHAWU welcomes Labour Court judgement against SOS children’s village over unfair dismissals of our members 2025-09-22 [COSATU]

NEHAWU welcomes gazette by DHET on nominations to fill community Education and Training College Councils 2025-09-22 [COSATU ]

NUMSA calls on Ford to halt job cuts as 474 workers face retrenchment 2025-09-22 [IOL]

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

South Africa COSATU rejects deal between Mswati and the US 2025-09-22 [Politicsweb/COSATU]

Urgent call for a multi-stakeholder summit to address job losses 2025-09-22 [Sunday Tribune]

COSATU statement on the 8th Central Committee 2025-09-22 [COSATU ]

Cosatu will defend Expropriation Act and push land reform drive 2025-09-21 [Inside Politics]

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

Cosatu calls on ANC and SACP to sort out their differences 2025-09-20 [SABC]

SAMWU vows to make Gauteng 'ungovernable' during upcoming G20 Summit 2025-09-20 [Eyewitness News]

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

Meeting between Fawu, Coca-Cola SA put on ice until October 2025-09-20 [SABC]

The unusual and fascinating life of Cosatu’s Matthew Parks 2025-09-19 [News 24]

COSATU is deeply disappointed that the SARB failed to cut the repo rate to provide breathing space to workers 2025-09-19 [COSATU ]

Coca-Cola SA latest company to announce retrenchments 2025-09-19 [East Coast Radio]

SAFTU on MPC’s decision to leave the policy rate unchanged at 7% 2025-09-18 [SAFTU]

Eastern Cape SAMWU strike shuts down Oxford Street over outsourcing, unpaid allowances and leadership failures 2025-09-18 [AlgoaFM]

FAWU vows to challenge looming job cuts at Coca-Cola SA 2025-09-18 [SABC]

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

Thousands of jobs at risk as Gayton McKenzie pulls funding from the Arts 2025-09-18 [IOL]

Eastern Cape East London set to become a ghost town due to US tariffs, says Naamsa CEO 2025-09-18 [The Citizen]

Ramaphosa's praise for DA municipalities sparks speculation about his ouster 2025-09-17 [IOL]

NUMSA secures above-inflation multi-year deal for workers at South 32 Hillside Aluminium 2025-09-17 [Eyewitness News]

WFTU speech to the Central Committee of COSATU 2025-09-17 [WFTU]

D-Day for Madlanga Commission 2025-09-17 [The Star]

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9-09-1970 As they were prohibited from joining a union, a provident fund (GFWBF) was established to help black workers, particularly in the textile and furniture sectors. [more]

11-09-1973 Underground miners in the west of the country, whose wages keep them in poverty, go on strike. Police open fire killing 12 and injuring 38 mineworkers. [more]