The bosses are resisting implementing section 198 rights as conferred by the new amendments to the Labour Relations Act (LRA) in 2014. The amendments make provision for labour broker, contract and part-time workers to be workers to access these rights…
Bosses try to avoid new rights of labour broker workers Read Post »
Month-on-month the price of the PACSA Food Basket has come down by R14.37 (-0.7%) from R2 068.35 in March 2017 to R2 053.98 in April 2017. Whilst this is a good thing, the price drop is not large enough, nor…
Drop in April food prices – but not enough to offer households relief Read Post »
The complexity of the meaning and implications of strikes often come to the fore when offensive strikes force the attention of the state, capitalists and civil society. They lead to a varied level of interpretation of not only how events…
Is South Africa at a Turning Point? Read Post »
The Jozi Book Fair (JBF) is thrilled to announce the launch of our two Guests of the 9th Jozi Book Fair Festival: Shailja Patel and Kopano Matlwa. The launch of the Guests will be on 3 June 2017, at the…
JBF Launches of the 2017 Guests of the Fair Read Post »
As Freedom Day and May Day/ Workers Day approach, recent events provide us with a chance to reflect on the promises made to the majority Black working class of South Africa by the elected representatives during the period of transition,…
EDITORIAL – KARIBU MARCH / APRIL 2017 Read Post »
Nearly 700 000 workers from 24 trade unions have joined to form a new trade union federation. The new federation, named the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), held its inaugural congress in Boksburg on 21- 23 April. …
SAFTU – New union federation launched Read Post »
On the 7th of April 2017, tens of thousands of South Africans across the country gathered in different cities and townships in support of “Shut down SA” a national day of action planned for the following week. About 40 000…
#ZumaMustFall protests Read Post »
On Sunday, 18 March 2017, a woman traveling with her 10-year-old son in Soweto got into a Quantum minibus on Ontdekkers road, Johannesburg, thinking it was a taxi. When inside the taxi, three men held her and her son at…
Women targeted in ‘Taxi Rape’ case Read Post »
On 28 March 2017, African Diaspora Forum (ADF) organised and led a peaceful march from Pieter Roos Park to the Library Gardens in Johannesburg CBD. The march was held against the recent xenophobia attacks that have been happening in South Africa, and was attended by…
“We are all Africans!” Read Post »
From the 24th to the 26th of March 2017, the Gauteng Community Health Care Forum (the Forum) concluded their strategic planning workshop, facilitated by Khanya College in Cullinan, Pretoria, and attended by Forum committee members. This workshop was a follow…
Forum on its way to independence Read Post »
The prevention of illness, injury and disease is an essential part of healthcare. We engage in healthy lifestyle habits such as exercising and not smoking to prevent obesity and lung cancer. We vaccinate our children regularly to stimulate immunity and…
Do hospitals do more harm than good? Read Post »
On the 28th of March 2017, at Hillbrow Community Health Centre, Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs), were requested by Smartpurse to sign new contracts for the financial year 2017-2018. Smartpurse was hired by the Department of Health to…
CHWs sign renewed contracts with Smartpurse in Johannesburg Read Post »
