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Construction & Engineering
Historic wage agreement reached in metals and engineering sector

Lindsey Schutters 8 hours

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HR & Management
Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Jacques van Wyk 24 Apr 2024

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Healthcare
Samatu disappointed with health dept's failure to uphold promise to unemployed doctors

Cedric Sihlangu 9 Apr 2024

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Healthcare
SA doctors make up to 40 times more than those in Kenya and Nigeria

Zano Kunene 5 Apr 2024

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Healthcare
Court ruling bolsters NHI's recruitment drive ahead of pending Bill approval

1 Mar 2024

Louis Trichardt union members who protested the appointment of their municipality’s Chief Financial Officer have been vindicated. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp
Legal
High Court finds appointment of Makhado CFO unlawful

Tania Broughton and Bernard Chiguvare 12 Feb 2024

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ESG & Sustainability
ESG and employment: Key dispute risks in the EMI sector in 2024

31 Jan 2024

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Healthcare
Medical union urges action on unemployment crisis for doctors

5 Jan 2024

Impala Bafokeng complex. Source: Implats
Energy & Mining
Implats responds to underground protest

18 Dec 2023

Queues of people trying to claim UIF and get help for other issues are almost a permanent feature outside the labour department offices in Cape Town. Photo: Qaqamba Falithenjwa
HR & Management
Workers are battling to collect unemployment benefits despite new technology

Ella Morrison and Qaqamba Falithenjwa 14 Dec 2023

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Healthcare
Samatu commends NHI Bill approval for Universal Health Coverage

11 Dec 2023

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Finance
South Africa's economic crisis deepens: Recession looms

Katja Hamilton 6 Dec 2023

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HR & Management
When is reinstatement not permissible?

Bradley Workman-Davies and Michiel Heyns 20 Jul 2023

Some of the workers, who were dismissed from the Frimax chip factory in Verulam, Durban, for participating in an unprotected strike last month, wait outside the CCMA. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp
HR & Management
Chip factory workers will challenge dismissal in Labour Court

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 17 Jul 2023

Fairtrade: Study finds premium label does not always benefit workers on South African wine farms
Agriculture
Fairtrade: Study finds premium label does not always benefit workers on South African wine farms

14 Apr 2023

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HR & Management
Tips to survive the national shutdown

Thabang Rapuleng and Tamsanqa Mila 17 Mar 2023

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Finance
#Budget2023: Budget brings well-deserved relief to workers

Abigail Moyo 23 Feb 2023

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Finance
Please, not another meaningless Sona

Abigail Moyo 8 Feb 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp
Education
UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

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Marketing & Media
Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction

Amindeh Blaise Atabong, Edward McAllister, William Maclean 24 Jan 2023

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Healthcare
NHI: Implementation headaches loom for health dept

Ndivhuwo Mukwevho 4 Jan 2023

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HR & Management
Employee dismissed for wanting to wear heels... Now the shoe is on the other foot

Eugene Phajane, Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Kalene Watson, Kgololego Pooe & Masibulele Mabanga 11 Nov 2022

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HR & Management
Unions, membership and the right to representation

Bradley Workman-Davies 3 Nov 2022

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HR & Management
Using picketing rules and the Code on Harassment to mitigate strike-related violence

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

Transnet's port, rail operations normalising after strike
Logistics & Transport
Transnet's port, rail operations normalising after strike

Nelson Banya 19 Oct 2022

Transnet agrees 3-year wage deal with majority labour union
Logistics & Transport
Transnet agrees 3-year wage deal with majority labour union

Nelson Banya 18 Oct 2022

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Retail
Outrage over Dis-Chem's moratorium on hiring, promoting White staff

17 Oct 2022

Lukas Coetsee, Managing Director of Dekka Consulting
HR & Management
Unpacking the Coida Bill and its importance to employers, employees

Lukas Coetsee 3 Oct 2022

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Finance
Repo rate hike has workers gasping for breath

Abigail Moyo 23 Sep 2022

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HR & Management
Representing employees in industries outside trade union's constitution

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 30 Aug 2022

Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living
HR & Management
Cosatu leads union protests over high cost of living

Bhargav Acharya and Anait Miridzhanian 25 Aug 2022

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Healthcare
Nursing shortage - government holds the trump card!

Teresa Basson 27 Sep 2022

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Finance
Interest-rate hike plunges workers deeper into affordability crisis

Abigail Moyo 22 Jul 2022

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HR & Management
Search for flexibility and meaning in the post-pandemic workplace

Johan Botes 15 Jul 2022

Image: Demonstrators protest outside of an airport perimeter fence against a planned deportation of asylum seekers from Britain to Rwanda, at Gatwick Airport near Crawley, Britain, 12 June 2022. Reuters/Toby Melville
Legal
UK courts to hear last-minute appeals to stop first Rwanda deportation flight leaving

Andrew MacAskill 13 Jun 2022

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HR & Management
Grass-hopping, go slows and strikes - definitions and differences

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

State of the unions: Are South Africa's trade unions still relevant?
HR & Management
State of the unions: Are South Africa's trade unions still relevant?

28 Apr 2022

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Legal
Updated rules for managing Covid-19 in the workplace

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 14 Apr 2022

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HR & Management
More workplaces to face DG reviews to enforce compliance with EE Act

30 Mar 2022

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Finance
Repo rate will weigh heavily on workers with home loans

Abigail Moyo 25 Mar 2022

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Legal
Mandatory vaccines and life after the state of disaster

Bradley Workman-Davies and Kerry Fredericks 16 Mar 2022

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Finance
SONA 2022 is Cyril's chance to win back the trust of the nation

Abigail Moyo 8 Feb 2022

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Finance
Cosatu welcomes in signing of 3 GBV bills into law

31 Jan 2022

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Finance
Inflation puts financial well-being of workers at risk

Abigail Moyo 25 Jan 2022

Johan Botes
Legal
#BizTrends2022: The year ahead for employers

Johan Botes 5 Jan 2022

Eskom CEO sees end to crisis in shift from coal
Energy & Mining
Eskom CEO sees end to crisis in shift from coal

Alexander Winning 1 Dec 2021

SA government taken to court over plan for new coal-fired plant
Energy & Mining
SA government taken to court over plan for new coal-fired plant

Alexander Winning 18 Nov 2021

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Legal
ConCourt upholds labour courts' judgments on secondary strikes

Lizle Louw, Johan Olivier and Shane Johnson 15 Nov 2021

An arbitrator appointed by the Public Health and Social Development Sectoral Bargaining Council has dismissed Nehawu’s bid to have community health workers permanently employed by the state. Archive photo: Thamsanqa Mbovane
Legal
Community health workers: arbitrator rules against Nehawu

12 Nov 2021

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