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CCMA case increases from national minimum wage

Cases referred to the organisation increased by 4% since last year

The National Minimum Wage Act came into force on January 1 2019. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

CCMA conference highlights minimum wage struggles

Numerous applications for exemption are hampering the government’s efforts to reach its target of six million workers being paid the minimum wage

The National Minimum Wage Act came into force on January 1 2019. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

CCMA cases pile up with new law

But both the commission and the department of labour say they have everything under control

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)

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

Print deadline: Thabang Mothelo, a negotiator for the Information Communication and Technology Union, says they are committed to fighting for the rights of journalists. (Oupa Nkosi)

‘Tiso Blackstar is just the beginning’

With half of all journalism jobs gone in South Africa, one union is trying to halt the decline

Close to 100 jobs at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) are on the line as the continent’s leading research centre undergoes restructuring (John McCann)

Job losses threatens the CSIR’s reputation

The council’s climate change research could suffer from job cuts

Strike one: The National Minimum Wage Act has been a subject of contention with both labour and businesses expressing their concerns. (David Harrison)

Headaches on wage front

The exemption process threatens to undermine the new minimum income criteria

(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Comair strike by Numsa-affiliated ground staff averted, for now

Numsa, in a statement, said the two sides would continue talks in early January over wages and shift patterns

Gregory Kamwendo was gunned down after receiving a death threat for testifying in a CCMA case last year. He also helped to uncover qualification fraud at the university. (Thorsten Ochs)

Deadly twist to university dispute

A former colleague has been charged with the murder of an arts dean after threatening him

Helen Zille is the new chairperson of the DA’s federal council. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Cape school accused of coercing black teacher to resign

Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School allegedly ‘coerced’ teacher Nozipho Mthembu to leave

The provisions for protected strike action brought South Africa into line with conventions set out by the International Labour Organisation. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

Why changes to picketing rules in South Africa pose a threat to strikes

Proposed changes to South African labour laws threaten to set back workers rights

Political violence, including killings, in South Africa predominantly targets ANC members, and intensifies in the run-up to elections and conference. (Paul Botes/M&G)

Solidarity accuses Sasol of being ‘reckless’ as strike drags on

Hundreds of white Solidarity members are on strike over their exclusion from Sasol’s new B-BBEE employee share scheme

The union sent a strike notice to the energy and chemical company early last week, but did not at the time say when the strike would start. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

CCMA plans to intervene in Sasol strike — Solidarity

Solidarity has since formally informed the CCMA that the trade union would participate in the process

Engulfed: The Tendele coal mine is on the Somkhele residents’ doorstep. (Delwyn Verasamy)
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Racism in the Cape Town yoga community: One instructor’s story

‘The unrepentant violence of white ignorance has consequences for people of colour that are continually overlooked,’ writes Kopano Maroga

Numsa is demanding a 9% wage increase across the board and a medical aid contribution of 60%. File photo

Gautrain will operate on public holiday, no end in sight for strike

The train will operate with a reduced service during peak periods

CALS said it had released a statement because it wanted to “to deal openly with reports of sexual harassment and so begin to make our spaces more supportive and safer”. (Graphic: John McCann)

Gautrain strike to continue, Cape Town taxi strike called off

The Gautrain has been running during peak periods with reduced services since July 30

Much like the burden of infertility, the responsibility of treatment is known to fall disproportionately on women, says the writer (Phanie)

Gautrain strike: Wage negotiations with the help of the CCMA underway

The striking workers and the company are in talks, with the help of the CCMA, to address the impasse but there is no guarantee of a speedy resolution

Unions are claiming Friday’s court ruling on labour broking as spelling the end of the practice but other labour specialists disagree. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

Court shows employers who’s boss

A Constitutional Court ruling on labour-broking ends uncertainty over dual employment

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CCMA ‘improperly’ postpones workers’ hearings

The Casual Workers Advice Office has dealt with at least nine different cases that have been unfairly postponed at the CCMA

Protesters chant slogans against the Syrian regime and Russia’s support of President Bashar al-Assad.

Now SAA has landed at the CCMA

Former staff accuse ‘turnaround’ chief executive of purging those who fail to do his bidding