Unions Join Management to Deny Workers Rights
Health unions in the Northwest, Hospersa and Nupsaw, joined management and threatened to fire Community Health Workers (CHWs) who wanted to…
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Heineken is Black Pain
On the 29 Novemeber 2018 workers from Heineken Sedibeng brewery marched to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), workers complain about labour law that are not followed and also they are…
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Forum Wins Permanent Status for CHWs in Gauteng
Award by Commissioner in CHWs vs Gauteng Department of Health: The Department of Health failed to demonstrate any other justifiable reason…
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ACTIVIST PROFILE – Mduduzi Tshabalala
Mduduzi Tshabalala is an optimistic young person with self-motivation and community driven development. Born and bred in Sebokeng, 40km south
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Loadshedding nightmare returns for South Africa
Load-shedding has ‘returned’ after at almost 3 years. This is barely a month since the Chief Executive Office of Eskom, Phakamani Radebe has assured the public that “there will be not be loadshedding”…
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Metrobus Johannesburg workers goes on strike
On the 7 May 2018 Democratic Municipal and Allied Workers Union of South Africa (DEMAWUSA), sent the notice to Metrobus Johannesburg about the bus strike that will start on the 5 June 2018. According to DEMAWUSA the strike was…
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SAFTU and affiliated Unions react to the passing of bills
In November 2017 the Department of Labour published the National Minimum Wage Bill (NMW) which proposes that the lowest wage should be R20 each hour for general labourers; R18 for farmworkers and all working in the Forestry sector; R15…
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Saftu flexes its muscle
On the 25th of April Johannesburg residents awoke to an emptier than usual CBD. It was not too long before the city became red with the colour of tee-shirts worn by a sea of protesting workers. Workers under…
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Marielle Franco – Murdered on 14 March 18 by the Brazilian State
Marielle Franco was born 27 July 1979, she was a Bazilian politician, feminist and human rights activists. The single parent of an 18 years old daughter was studying at Fluminense Federal University,…
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New book captures stories and struggles of CHWs
The Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) and Khanya College have produced a new book that captures the stories and struggles of Community Health Workers in South Africa…
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NGO crimes go far beyond Oxfam
[The following letter was issued by the Global Women’s Strike, a network of women organisations and activists that campaign on the need to value women’s work in the home, and on women’s lives. The Global Women’s Strike is active in
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Numsa Statement on Zuma exit and Ramaphosa election
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) views the appointment of Cyril Ramaphosa to the position of President of the Republic of South Africa, as a new era in the war against workers…
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