152 Stilfontein illegal miners retrieved, 60 certified dead

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South Africa Mantashe and Mchunu told to ‘voetsek’ after 27 bodies retrieved from Stilfontein mine [Daily Maverick] 15-01-2025

South Africa 152 Stilfontein illegal miners retrieved, 60 certified dead [Sunday World] 15-01-2025

South Africa Stilfontein miners: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’ [Mail & Guardian] 14-01-2025

South Africa Dead bodies seen in videos from mine [BBC] 14-01-2025

South Africa Dall’apartheid al sindacato: una storia di vita e di lotta [Collettiva] 13-01-2025

South Africa Trapped miners’ desperate letters reveal grim conditions, numerous fatalities and lack of food [Daily Maverick] 11-01-2025

South Africa Public Sector Job Cuts: A risky gamble with consequences for service delivery [Business Report] 11-01-2025

South Africa Possible job cuts at ArcelorMittal concerning – NUMSA [Politicsweb/NUMSA] 08-01-2025

South Africa Cogta’s axeing of community workers likely to plunge people into instant poverty, say unions [Daily Maverick] 03-01-2025

South Africa Crisis committee claims police are deliberately misleading the public on Stilfontein’s illegal miners [Daily Maverick] 02-01-2025

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Mpumalanga COSATU pledges its unwavering support to march organised by Medical Doctors’ Union 2025-01-16 [COSATU]

NEHAWU supports Minister of Health in defending full implementation of National Health Insurance Act 2025-01-16 [COSATU]

SAFTU statement on Stilfontein massacre 2025-01-15 [SAFTU]

SAFTU statement on 2024 Matric results 2025-01-15 [SAFTU]

152 Stilfontein illegal miners retrieved, 60 certified dead 2025-01-15 [Sunday World]

Bodies and emaciated zama zamas recovered from Stilfontein mine 2025-01-15 [GroundUp]

NEHAWU congratulates the class of 2024 2025-01-15 [COSATU]

Mantashe and Mchunu told to ‘voetsek’ after 27 bodies retrieved from Stilfontein mine 2025-01-15 [Daily Maverick]

Minst 100 arbeidere døde etter å ha vært innesperret i gruve 2025-01-14 [Fri fagbevegelse/NTB]

SAMWU engaging COGTA on looming Community Work Programme job cuts 2025-01-14 [Eyewitness News]

SADTU lauds teachers after historic matric pass rate 2025-01-14 [Eyewitness News]

Limpopo Give attention to safety at 24-hour clinics 2025-01-14 [SowetanLIVE]

Dead bodies seen in videos from mine 2025-01-14 [BBC]

Gauteng Union takes aim at Joburg Water 2025-01-14 [Daily Sun]

Eastern Cape Union and community picket over closure of Motherwell health facility 2025-01-14 [AlgoaFM]

Public employment crisis: the need for urgent action 2025-01-14 [Business Report]

‘Massacre’: Government accused of murdering Stilfontein illegal miners as more zama zamas rescued 2025-01-14 [The Citizen]

Mantashe warns Stilfontein miners’ NGO against ‘promoting criminality 2025-01-14 [Business Day]

Rescue of illegal Zama Zama miners underway 2025-01-14 [Bloomberg/Moneyweb]

COSATU aggrieved by employers who toy with workers’ futures 2025-01-14 [COSATU]

Stilfontein miners: ‘It was not an illness that killed them. It was starvation’ 2025-01-14 [Mail & Guardian]

Dall’apartheid al sindacato: una storia di vita e di lotta 2025-01-13 [Collettiva]

Limpopo Denosa condemns attack of nurses 2025-01-13 [Daily Sun]

Ethiopia Police union praises SAPS for suspected human trafficking bust in Sandringham 2025-01-13 [Eyewitness News]

COSATU Message of Support delivered by COSATU President Zingiswa Losi: ANC 113th Anniversary Celebrations 2025-01-12 [COSATU]

Public Sector Job Cuts: A risky gamble with consequences for service delivery 2025-01-11 [Business Report]

Government improves offer in public sector wage talks 2025-01-11 [BusinessLIVE]

KwaZulu-Natal COSATU disturbed by Ray Nkonyeni Municipality Impasse 2025-01-11 [COSATU]

Limpopo COSATU horrified and dismayed by attack on Ga-Chuene clinic 2025-01-11 [COSATU]

COSATU echoes SAMATU’s call for government to employ doctors 2025-01-11 [COSATU]

Trapped miners’ desperate letters reveal grim conditions, numerous fatalities and lack of food 2025-01-11 [Daily Maverick]

Western Cape COSATU President Message of Support at the Labour Activation Prigramme in Khayelitsha 2025-01-10 [COSATU]

COSATU President message of support to the ANC: Heritage reflections : Robben Island 2025-01-10 [COSATU]

KwaZulu-Natal Lower quintile schools still waiting for funds 2025-01-09 [The Witness]

Criminal charges for municipal managers over pension fund debt 2025-01-09 [IOL]

IDC seeks solutions to prevent mass job losses at ArcelorMittal South Africa 2025-01-09 [Business Report]

COSATU Message of Support to ANC January 8th cake cutting, 2025-01-09 [COSATU]

Players union wants answers from MaMkhize over unpaid salaries 2025-01-09 [Sunday World]

ArcelorMittal workers yet to be notified of impending closure amid renewed cries for intervention 2025-01-08 [TimesLIVE]

Urgent drone assessment planned for Stilfontein miners facing ‘humanitarian crisis’ 2025-01-08 [IOL]

NUPSAW slams decision to axe older Community Work Programme workers 2025-01-08 [CapricornFM]

Eastern Cape DENOSA congress to address healthcare crisis 2025-01-08 [AlgoaFM]

Possible job cuts at ArcelorMittal concerning – NUMSA 2025-01-08 [Politicsweb/NUMSA]

COSATU condemns in the strongest possible terms government’s shocking decision to retrench 67 000 elderly CWP workers 2025-01-08 [COSATU]

COSATU names and shames employers who default on workers’ pension fund payments 2025-01-08 [COSATU]

NTI employees urged to return to work or face consequences 2025-01-07 [Taung Daily News]

How government dithering pushed ArcelorMittal to shut down steel operations 2025-01-07 [Daily Maverick]

Numsa will fight to save jobs affected by closure of ArcelorMittal plants 2025-01-07 [TimesLive]

SAPU continues calls for police killings to be declared as acts of treason 2025-01-07 [Eyewitness News]

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