Labour

Sea Point company fails to pay provident fund despite salary deductions

“That money was going to help me because I have a family in the Eastern Cape depending on me.”

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News | 3 May 2017

Meet the people who collect our garbage

Some residents frantically run out in satin nighties determined to stop the truck so they can empty their bin for the week

Text by Ashleigh Furlong. Photos by Masixole Feni.

Photo Essay | 25 April 2017

Bus drivers vow to keep fighting for safer conditions

“We’ve managed to pry open the door” says SATAWU after deal ends strike

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News | 18 April 2017

Commuters desperate following bus strike

“I have to pay double to get to work now", says commuter

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News | 13 April 2017

Striking bus driver explains exhausting shift system

“We’re only going home to eat and then work again”

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News | 13 April 2017

Cape Town taxi rank overcome with passengers after drivers’ strike

Hundreds of MyCiTi regulars flocked to taxis in Cape Town leading to congestion and delays

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Brief | 13 April 2017

Long queues at Khayelitsha taxi rank as bus drivers strike

Commuters complain they were not informed

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Brief | 12 April 2017

Striking bus drivers march for better work conditions

Taxis likely to get long-distance travellers on Easter weekend who would have gone by bus

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News | 12 April 2017

Winelands farmers accused of multiple assaults

“Farm workers have no faith in the system … no one is taking the government or the police to task”

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Feature | 6 April 2017

Five week Pick n Pay bakers’ strike ends

Workers complained they were not being paid for overtime

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News | 4 April 2017

Silicosis: the shifting sands of compensation for sick miners

Demutualisation of insurer adds new twist

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Opinion | 28 March 2017

Silicosis: unpacking the gold mines’ strategy

Settlement plan as court date approaches

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Opinion | 27 March 2017

MPs and labour officials on factory visits

Inspection finds “minor” safety infringements in Elsies River plant

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Brief | 23 March 2017

Dismissed security guards demonstrate outside UWC

Workers call for employer to reinstate them

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News | 14 March 2017

Insourcing at universities: uneven progress

In the Western Cape only UCT has brought all workers onto the staff

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News | 14 March 2017

400 workers on strike at Kouga Municipality

Municipal workers want Public Works Programme contracts extended; mayor says jobs must be rotated

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News | 8 March 2017