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Labour Law

Dismissal codes expanded: What employers need to know

Keshni Naicker and Amandla Makhongwana 30 Jan 2025

Chloë Loubser, Knowledge and Learning Lawyer, Bowmans

Trends

#BizTrends2025: African employment law trends - employee rights and well-being, workplace and technology evolution

Chloë Loubser 13 Jan 2025

Mr Sweet workers picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston during their 11-week strike. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet workers face disciplinary hearings for strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Dec 2024

What changed in 2024? Company registrations are down by 67%

SMEs

What changed in 2024? Company registrations are down by 67%

Issued by Company Partners 9 Dec 2024

Striking workers gather outside the Mister Sweet factory in Germiston. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Occupational Health & Safety

Another worker loses a finger at Mister Sweet

Kimberly Mutandiro 28 Oct 2024

Striking Mister Sweet workers queued on Wednesday for food brought by supporters. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 Sep 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Gautrain operator, Numsa back to negotiating table

10 Jul 2024

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

Tourism

uShaka Marine World shuts down amid wage dispute

13 Feb 2024

Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine. Source: Implats

Mining

Implats resolves underground protest peacefully

Lindsey Schutters 21 Dec 2023

Underground at Impala Bafokeng. Source: Impala Platinum

Mining

Implats: ‘Illegal underground protest is not only endangering lives but also livelihoods’

Lindsey Schutters 20 Dec 2023

Impala Bafokeng complex. Source: Implats

Mining

Implats responds to underground protest

18 Dec 2023

The dark side of social capital

Management & Leadership

The dark side of social capital

Auguste (Gusti) Coetzer, Issued by Auguste Coetzer Executive Recruitment 27 Oct 2023

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Mining

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2023

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

Technology

SITA keeps government IT going despite PSA strike

19 Oct 2023

Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Construction & Engineering

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

The state of SA tourism: How's business?

Tourism

The state of SA tourism: How's business?

Issued by Business Partners Limited 14 Sep 2023

Taxi task team reach agreement, but stay mum on details

Transport

Taxi task team reach agreement, but stay mum on details

4 Sep 2023

Santaco ends the taxi strike

Public Transport

Santaco ends the taxi strike

Matthew Hirsch 11 Aug 2023

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Public Health

Violence escalates amid ongoing Cape Metropole taxi strike, affecting emergency response

Katja Hamilton 8 Aug 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

ConCourt rules: When the strike ends, so does the lockout

Neil Coetzer and Courtney Wingfield 21 Apr 2023

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Remuneration & Payroll

Govt to implement 7.5% public sector wage increase through 'significant trade-offs'

3 Apr 2023

Members of the South African public sector union, National Education, Health and Allied Workers' Union (Nehawu) hold placards outside the Home Affairs office during a protest over wage disputes and other work issues in Cape Town, South Africa, 13 March 2023. Reuters/Esa Alexander

Labour Law

Court orders striking healthcare workers to end walkout

Tannur Anders 13 Mar 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

No work, no pay principle to apply to striking employees

6 Mar 2023

Image: UCT Employees Union is planning to strike as negotiations deadlocked with university management at the CCMA on Thursday. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Higher Education

UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock

Liezl Human 27 Jan 2023

SA wine export volumes hold steady despite obstacles - WoSA

Viticulture & Oenology

SA wine export volumes hold steady despite obstacles - WoSA

20 Jan 2023

Workers from public sector unions affiliated to three federations marched to the National Treasury in Tshwane on Tuesday demanding that the government revise its 3% wage increase. Photo: Chris Gilili / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public sector workers call on government to return to negotiating table

Chris Gilili, Thamsanqa Mbovane and Joseph Chirume 23 Nov 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Public sector strike action may put the new ESC Regulations to the test

Lizle Louw & Siya Ngcamu 21 Nov 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Employee dismissed for wanting to wear heels... Now the shoe is on the other foot

Eugene Phajane, Mpumelelo Nxumalo, Kalene Watson, Kgololego Pooe & Masibulele Mabanga 11 Nov 2022

No growth for logistics industry without safety and efficiency this silly season

Logistics & Transport

No growth for logistics industry without safety and efficiency this silly season

Tania Govender 31 Oct 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Using picketing rules and the Code on Harassment to mitigate strike-related violence

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

DPSA refutes wage negotiation media reports

17 Oct 2022

Transnet tables wage offer

Railway

Transnet tables wage offer

13 Oct 2022

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Railway

Transnet workers go on strike

Kopano Gumbi and Nelson Banya 6 Oct 2022

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Labour Law

Clarifying common purpose in strike-related misconduct

Brett Abraham and Siya Ncgamu 2 Sep 2022

Eskom faces growing financial strain, says S&P Global

Energy

Eskom faces growing financial strain, says S&P Global

Nelson Banya 21 Jul 2022

Load shedding set to continue amid capacity shortage - Eskom

Energy

Load shedding set to continue amid capacity shortage - Eskom

Promit Mukherjee 4 Jul 2022

Eskom flags maintenance backlog amid severe outages

Energy

Eskom flags maintenance backlog amid severe outages

Anait Miridzhanian, Bhargav Acharya, and Nellie Peyton 29 Jun 2022

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

Mining

NUM, AMCU sign wage deal with Sibanye-Stillwater

Promit Mukherjee 13 Jun 2022

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Labour Law

Is it time for intervention in the Sibanye-Stillwater deadlock?

Sandile July 1 Jun 2022

Sars workers, supported by Nehawu and PSA members, picket outside the Cape Town office on Tuesday for salary increases ahead of the nationwide strike on Wednesday. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Sars workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

Marecia Damons 24 May 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Grass-hopping, go slows and strikes - definitions and differences

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

Fashion & Homeware

Wage strike at Taylor Blinds factory

11 Apr 2022

Uber works towards "addressing the issues" as e-hailing protest hits third day

Public Transport

Uber works towards "addressing the issues" as e-hailing protest hits third day

24 Mar 2022

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Mining

Why South Africa's two biggest gold miners differ on wages

Promit Mukherjee and Nelson Banya 9 Mar 2022

Sibanye-Stillwater receives strike notice from two unions

Mining

Sibanye-Stillwater receives strike notice from two unions

Nelson Banya 8 Mar 2022

How to protect your business from supply chain disruptions in 2022

Supply Chain

How to protect your business from supply chain disruptions in 2022

1 Feb 2022

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Youth Employment

Why matriculants should start developing their digital CV today

20 Dec 2021

Workers disgruntled over low wages and changes to terms and conditions of employment, go on strike outside a Makro store in Johannesburg on 19 November 2021. Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Retailers

Strike ends at Massmart after agreement reached

Nqobile Dludla 7 Dec 2021

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Labour Law

ConCourt upholds labour courts' judgments on secondary strikes

Lizle Louw, Johan Olivier and Shane Johnson 15 Nov 2021