The communist party has rejected overtures from its alliance partner and will contest the 2026 local government elections independently

The minister said R23.8 billion would be allocated to implement the plan, with training opportunities running over the next 12 to 36 months This content is restricted to…

Plans like the one announced by employment and labour minister Thulas Nxesi won’t move the needle on joblessness This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers.…

Civil group #NotInMyName says the admission is a reason for citizens to ‘vote better’ in the upcoming elections

Relations have soured between Nehawu and its alliance partner, the ANC

The government has tried to exploit negative sentiment towards public sector workers, but siding with the employer may be even more difficult

Labour has been on the receiving end of a failing economy’s onslaught, giving a business-friendly government the upper hand

Fathers argue that section 25 to 27 of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act is discriminatory because the leave is too little for them to participate in childcare

Eskom, Transnet and the public sector wage bill will feature large in next week’s medium-term budget policy statement

The industrial action is the latest in a series of economy-hitting upsets for the state logistics company

Workers are in the throes of a cost of living crisis, which could force the government to fold on its hard line against more spending

The labour minister noted many informal workers had been excluded from the country’s Covid-19 relief scheme

So says Luvuyo Keyise, the chief executive of the State Information Technology Agency, who has given the tech giant six months to bring South Africans into the fold

But unions believe the state lacks the will and capacity to enforce existing labour laws

Migrant workers are seen as contributing to South Africa’s unemployment crisis. But cutting them off threatens to throw the regional economy off kilter

The world must be responsible in its reaction to the virus in all its varieties

The stimulus package is part of the state’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, and is a response to the Covid-19 pandemic

The private sector, labour and government have been thrashing out ways to increase vaccinations and to restart the economy

Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi urges employers to be honest when applying for help

Any further extensions of Ters payments will impede the UIF’s ability to pay normal claims for unemployment and parental leave