30 April 2024
There were 83 strikes in 2023, about half of them in the public service, a report by the Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO) shows. So far this year there have been 26 strikes, and again, half of them have been in the public sector.
13 October 2023
CWAO and Simunye Workers Forum members joined the PSC and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement in Sandton on 12 October to protest against the Israeli bombings and massacres of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
15 September 2023
The temporary employment service (TES) that provides its employees to snacks company Simba claims that it has not contravened any labour laws pertaining to the recent dismissal of 52 workers who were allegedly notified within nine days of their dismissals.
19 June 2023
Casual workers' association Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) has launched a case against the registrar of labour relations, Lehlohonolo Molefe, for the alleged refusal to register it as a trade union.
24 January 2023
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) has noted disturbing allegations of labour brokers demanding sexual favours from vulnerable job seekers in return for job placements at liquor companies Heineken and Distell
29 November 2018
Heineken made $1.61 billion in profits last year but it refuses to recognize its workers in South Africa who continue to live in extreme poverty and in fear of victimization when they fight for their rights.
11 November 2018
A potentially game-changing amendment to South Africa's labour law, followed by a precedent-setting Constitutional Court case, have still not delivered the goods for labour broker workers who face a number of tactics by employers to avoid the cost implications of the so-called deeming provision.