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Weekly Updates
Want to know what The Casual Workers Advice Office has been up to?
Then listen to Buwa Basebetsi Weekly Updates covering topics from CCMA, strike action, CWAO campaigns and Workers Rights.
11 July 2024
Weekly Update: School Registration Assistance
The Casual Workers Advice Office, Simunye Workers Forum and Simunye Women Workers Forum know the challenges community members face in day-to-day life and we are aware that things are difficult economically for the masses. We therefore invite parents/guardians whose children will be attending Grade 1 and Grade 8 in 2025 to use the CWAO computer centre in Germiston to register their children’s applications online.
30 April 2024
Weekly Update: The Casual Workers' Advice Office Strike Barometer for 2023
There were 83 strikes in 2023, a slight decrease over the 86 strikes we documented in 2022. This continues the pattern of relatively low number of strikes annually since the 165 strikes of 2018. Forty one of the 83 strikes occurred in the public sector. This figure excludes at least seven strikes at hospitals, universities, private companies contracted by municipalities and institutions such as Productivity SA and the State Information Technology Agency. Fifty of the strikes (60.24%) were wildcat and 33 (40.2%) were protected strikes. Seventeen workplace related actions were recorded in addition to the 83 strikes.
26 April 2024
Weekly Update: Organising efforts by Cassual Workers Advice Office and the Household Index
This week in Buwa Basebetsi Update we look at the organising efforts by Cassual Workers Advice Office and our weekly household Index in our Economic Observer which looks at how the economy affects the working class purse.
19 April 2024
Weekly Update: a look at the upcoming CCMA campaign and our food basket index
In Buwa Basebetsi Updates this week, Casual Workers Advice Office and Simunye Workers Forum announce their upcoming CCMA campaign where they will avail themselves at the various offices in and around Johannesburg for any workers who might be in need of assistance.
05 April 2024
Weekly Update: an update on Zanthe Fresh workers and our weekly Household Index
In Buwa Basebetsi Updates this week we revisit the story of Zanthe fresh workers and conclude the segment with our weekly Household Index
23 March 2024
Weekly Update: the story of six workers of Anoplate who are facing retrenchment and our weekly Household Index
In Buwa Basebetsi Updates this week we revisit the story of six workers of Anoplate who are facing retrenchment and conclude the segment with our weekly Household Index
15 March 2024
Weekly Update: International Women's day event, Zanthe Fresh update and our weekly household index.
This week we highlight the International Women's Day event, where the Simunye Women Workers Forum stood in solidarity with Palestinian women. We provide an update on the situation at Zanthe Fresh (ZGG), and we also give you our weekly household index in our economic observer.
01 March 2024
Weekly Update: We look back at the Simba strike of Oct 2023
In today's update, we look back at the Simba strike that took place in October 2023 and the developments since then.
22 February 2024
Weekly Update: Zanthe Fresh & CWAO Outreach Projects
In today's update we share the latest developments around the dispute between workers and owner of fresh produce farm, Zanthe Fresh. We also share an announcement around the outreach efforts taking place at The Casual Workers Advice Office.