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Mineworkers who have been newly recruited to the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa attend a meeting at Impala Platinum’s shaft 9 in Rustenburg, North West. (Magnificent Mndebele)

The deadly cost of union membership in North West

The platinum belt is roiling with tension once more after the assassination of Numsa organiser Malibongwe Mdazo

Power trip: Women from Masakhane in Emalahleni wait for the weekly load of free coal from a nearby mine.Masakhane is not linked to
the electricity grid, despite being only two kilometres from Eskom’s Duvha power station in Mphumalanga.
(Marco Longari/AFP)

Eskom must lead the energy shift

Any plans to change from coal-fired power to renewable and affordable electricity must include turning the power utility into a true public entity

Airline gets another chance as rescue practitioners and Gordhan agree to work on a rescue plan by the end of June
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SAA’s choice: Restructure and cut 2 200 jobs or liquidate and lose 4 700

The business rescue practitioners say 29 of the fleet of 48 planes, various routes and inefficient services also need to go in the state-owned airline is to survive

Airline gets another chance as rescue practitioners and Gordhan agree to work on a rescue plan by the end of June
(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SAA workers told not to return to work next month

The airline’s employees in Durban have been told to join the unemployment queue on March 1 because the city’s route will be closed at the end of February

Disagreement about economic policy has seen the communist party put distance between it and the ANC. (File photo/MG)

Jockeys without horses: Let’s all learn to be constructive

Although Benjamin Fogel denies the relevance of the South African Communist Party — and gets a few facts wrong — some of his points are correct

The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.

​SA left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

The impotence of the left would not be a problem if the right’s policies were productive.

​South African left will have to stand up to an unscrupulous ruling class to resurrect itself

Those in power will use propaganda and repressive state apparatus to maintain their grasp on the country’s purse strings

Power struggle: Eskom’s plans to unbundle and its deals with independent power producers is anathema to at least a contingent of its 47?658-strong workforce. Photo: Wikus De Wet/AFP/Getty Images

Numsa denies ‘politicised’ workers are a threat to Eskom

Numsa’s general secretary says the party’s aim is to push the workers’ interest in all sectors of society.

(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

ANC KZN members head to court to stop provincial congress

The workers who won’t snitch

Despite a legal obligation to inform on their comrades, workers across the country are refusing to do so, resulting in dismissal

Netanyahu: “Thank you, President Trump, for this historic move. The sanctions are indeed coming”. (Reuters)

Mantashe: Mboweni is the right man for the job

Tito Mboweni returns to the public service at a time when South Africa faces an unemployment crisis and low economic growth

(Ashraf Hendricks/Ground Up)

Bye, brokers: Hello, service providers

Labour brokers were reined in by the Concourt, but they are already trying to exploit loopholes

(Ashraf Hendricks/Ground Up)

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

Saftu leaders are confident that a number of Cosatu-affiliated unions will join them.

Numsa urges all workers to strike against ‘R20/hour slave wage’

Workers are expected to take to the streets across the country to protest among other things the minimum wage

Right2Know campaigners picketed outside the Social Development head office over the social grants debacle on Monday.

#ScrapNewLabourLaws campaign is ready for a national shutdown

Saftu with its affiliates, is embarking on a protected strike as part of the campaign to call on the government to rectify labour law amendments

This weekend’s Numsa congress could reflect whether the JC Bez rebels have enough momentum to unseat Irvin Jim

Unions reject bus bosses’ ‘insulting’ offer, call for intensified strike action

In a statement issued by Numsa General Secretary Irvin Jim, the union said that the sector “insulted workers and commuters”

Jeff Radebe is currently understood to be in Windhoek, Namibia, for a Southern African Development Community summit. (Madelene Cronje/M&G)

The IPP interdict: Transform RSA’s murky management

Just who is Transform RSA?

Vavi-backed labour bid aims to win back people power

A new federation could introduce a host of problems or revitalise the unions, change many lives and benefit the economy.

Since Thobile Ntola was ousted from the teachers’ union a year ago

Truant union leader ‘too sick’ to teach

A Port Elizabeth school is livid with its absent principal, who is well enough to punt a new union but is yet to show up at school.

How Numsa shop stewards splurged R200k

A Numsa report shows the looting for workers’ money by its shop stewards for "stress relief" and "drowning of sorrows".