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Justice: People gather to support Sylvia Mahlangu, whose mother drowned in her employer’s pool. She asked the Constitutional Court to confirm a high court ruling declaring that the exclusion of domestic workers from the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act was unconstitutional. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
APARTHEID

Compensation Fund capacity grilled

Despite fears that backdated claims by domestic workers may cripple the beleaguered Compensation Fund, the labour department said it will honour its legal obligations

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
Rights: Florence Sosiba, president of the South African Domestic Service and Allied Workers Union. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND

Domestic workers are one step closer to workplace rights

The fight to ensure domestic workers are paid when they are injured or die at work does not stop with a high court victory

  • Sarah Smit
11 min read
Florence Sosiba
COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND

More battles ahead for domestic worker unions

Florence Sosiba, speaks to the Mail & Guardian about how important domestic workers are and exclusion in the COIDA

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
Bond: Pinky Mashiane comes from a family of domestic workers and was one herself, and being versed in labour law she is well-equipped to help them fight for their rights. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)
BASIC CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYEMENT ACT

Pinky’s promise: Domestic workers will rise up

The co-founder of a union has championed the rights of those in an often ignored sector

  • Sarah Smit
6 min read
The 2024 annual report by SweepSouth on domestic worker pay and conditions found that many are drowning in debt and depression because of low wages and non-compliance with working conditions laid out in labour laws.(Gallo)
CCMA

Domestic workers: overworked, underpaid and unprotected

Armed with brooms and mops, domestic workers took to the streets to demand better wages, recourse to legal protection against unscrupulous employers

  • Zandile Bangani
4 min read
Employers and domestic workers can contribute a national domestic workers’ pension fund operated through mobile-based platforms for easy registration and tracking contributions. (File photo)
COMPENSATION FOR OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES AND

New hope for domestic workers’ rights with landmark court ruling

Last week, the high court declared the exclusion of domestic workers from legislation aimed at protecting workers is unconstitutional

  • Sarah Smit
3 min read