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The principle of equal pay for equal work is not just a legal requirement but a moral imperative to correct historical injustices and foster equality in the workplace.
Workers at a popular candy and jellies company are demanding a sweet wage increase, which will mean a break from loan sharks and struggling to make ends meet.
Taxi services will resume in KwaZulu-Natal's Ugu District following a protest by disgruntled associations that left commuters stranded on Monday.
Gauteng's MEC for Transport and Logistics, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has expressed approval of the Bombela Operating Company and the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) returning to negotiations amid the ongoing wage increase strike.
The union said negotiations began on April 17 and the last meeting was held on June 11 where the talks reached an impasse.
A woman badly beaten during a National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) strike in Meyerton has been identified.
Disgruntled Pikitup casual workers downed tools last week Thursday, saying that when 300 job posts were advertised, they were not hired.
The Democratic Alliance in KwaZulu-Natal is calling for eThekwini Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda to step down.
OPINION: This eThekwini Municipal workers action of cutting the public’s access to water is in violation of many constitutional rights of the general ratepayers, writes Professor Bonke Dumisa.
Seventy-nine striking eThekwini Municipality officials have been given 10 days to show why should not be dismissed.
Hundreds of eThekwini Municipality employees, affiliated to the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) downed tools last week, leaving residents without access of basic necessities like water and electricity.
Speaking at a media briefing on Monday, hosted at the Durban International Convention Centre, KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube said extra personnel will be brought in to help with the clean-up campaign.
In the midst of a crippling strike by its own workers, the eThekwini Municipality sees fit to crow about organising a beauty pageant for fuller-figured women to boost their self-esteem.
Some of the areas affected by the widespread protests were uMngeni, the Redhill cemetery area, the entrance to Verulam, Pinetown, Newlands West and the Tongaat CBD.
Gold One mine said it expected all workers to return to work on Wednesday after the strike had ended.
Cape Town commuters can breathe a sigh of relief as Santaco announced that their strike had been called off and taxis would be operating as from Friday morning.
The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture said President Cyril Ramaphosa will deliver the keynote address.
The province-wide taxi strike led by Santaco in the Western Cape has continued to disrupt service delivery in certain parts of Knysna.
Cosatu said they are going on strike on Thursday because the socio-economic conditions of the people have not improved with infrastructure collapsing, businesses closing down, corruption rampant, and the energy crisis.
MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko was in Mamelodi where Premier Panyaza Lesufi was meant to launch the provincial Easter plans and unveil emergency response vehicles.
Businesses allegedly threatened with looting unless they complied with the party’s demands to close shop.
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union said it will urge its members who are considered essential workers to return to work on Tuesday, after the Labour Appeal Court interdicted any further strike action by them.
Businesses will operate undisrupted in Cape Town on March 20 during the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) national shutdown, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said.
Services at more than 10 public hospitals and clinics in Gauteng have been disrupted due to the Nehawu pay strike.
Santaco calls off the shutdown planned for Wednesday following a last-minute meeting with the provincial and local government.