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  • Eskom's Megawatt Park offices in Sunninghill. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Eskom chief: A balance needs to be struck

    Eskom head Brian Dames says there’s a balance needed between Eskom’s electricity and financial situation.

    3405 days ago
  • EC farmworkers say they face the same wage and working condition issues as their Western Cape counterparts. Picture: AFP

    'EC farmworkers might go on strike'

    EC farmworkers say they face the same issues as their Western Cape counterparts.

    3405 days ago
  • Striking farmworkers hurl rocks at police during a protest for better wages in De Doorns in the Western Cape, Thursday, 10 January 2013. Picture: Nardus Engelbrecht/SAPA

    Some farmworkers fired after strikes

    Hundreds of farmworkers have been fired for participating in violent strike action.

    3410 days ago
  • Striking farmworkers hurl rocks at police during a protest for better wages in De Doorns in the Western Cape on 10 January 2013. Picture: Nardus Engelbrecht/SAPA

    WC farmworkers strike finally over

    It remains to be seen whether all farmworkers will return to work after the mass action.

    3411 days ago
  • Agri SA isn’t entirely sure if all farmworker unions have suspended strike action in the Western Cape. Picture: Werner Beukes/SAPA.

    'Status on farmworkers strike is unclear'

    Agri SA isn’t entirely convinced all farmworker unions have suspended strike action in the Cape.

    3412 days ago
  • Police keep an eye on farmworkers who protest in the Wolsey area on 9 January 2013. Picture: Regan Thaw/EWN

    Police brutality on farmworkers probed

    IPID and HRC will investigate police brutality and farm crimes relating to the ongoing farmworkers strike.

    3418 days ago
  • South African-bred Jersey cows. Picture: Christa van der Walt/EWN

    Cosatu backs DairyBelle strikers

    Cosatu NW says DairyBelle employers must come back to the negotiation table and talk.

    3420 days ago
  • A car is set alight by striking farmworkers in De Doorns, Western Cape. Picture: @BOSBEER2006 (twitter)

    'Farmworker strike could become like Marikana'

    Cosatu's Tony Ehrenreich says if farmworker strikes continue, SA may face another Marikana.

    3421 days ago
  • Protesters at De Doorns place panels from a dismantled fence on the N1 highway on 9 January 2013. Picture: Aletta Gardner/EWN

    Gov. willing to mediate in farm strikes

    The labour minister appealed to all parties involved to engage in negotiations in good faith.

    3421 days ago
  • A devastated Wayne Duvenhage on 13 December 2012, after the North Gauteng High Court dismissed OUTA’s application to have e-tolling in Gauteng abandoned. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN.

    Outa may appeal e-toll ruling

    Outa will decide whether it will appeal the ruling which allows the e-toll project to go ahead.

    3446 days ago
  • ANC president Jacob Zuma and his deputy Cyril Ramaphosa shake hands after being elected to the ANC's top six on 18 December 2012 in Mangaung. Picture: ANC

    'Ramphosa belongs to a different class now'

    Cosatu says there is mixed reaction to the appointment of Cyril Ramaphosa as the ANC's deputy leader.

    3446 days ago
  • Senior ANC member Paul Mashatile. Picture: ANC

    Mashatile urges employment solution

    Paul Mashatile says the ANC needs to ensure people do not get too dependent on social grants.

    3455 days ago
  • Cosatu members gather in central JHB as they prepare to march over the controversial e-tolls. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    Cosatu supporters gather for e-toll march

    Dozens of protesters are gathering at Mary Fitzgerald Square in Newtown for the e-toll march.

    3466 days ago
  • Helen Zille believes Cosatu is being dragged down with the ANC.

    ANC is collapsing - DA

    Helen Zille believes Cosatu is being dragged down with the ANC.

    3471 days ago
  • A Gauteng resident contributes his ideas at the e-toll hearings in Kempton Park on 13 November, 2012. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    'Public process of e-toll inadequate'

    Salga says the public process around urban tolling has not been up to standard.

    3475 days ago
  • File: ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe. Picture: SAPA

    ANC lashes out at Cosatu over Mangaung

    The ANC says its “rude” for Cosatu to make pronouncements on who it wants to lead the party.

    3476 days ago
  • President Jacob Zuma speaks at a New Age business breakfast. Picture: GCIS

    Zuma: We’ve lost touch with our people

    Jacob Zuma says people who campaign for positions in the ANC are doing so for selfish reasons.

    3498 days ago
  • Cosatu president S'dumo Dlamini is seen at the trade union federation's 11th national congress at Gallagher Estate in Midrand on Monday, 17 September 2012. The Cosatu congress is reportedly expected to debate the ANC's leadership battle. Picture:Werner Beukes/SAPA

    Cosatu to intensify presence at N. West mines

    The Trade Union Federation says it will fight criminal elements hijacking mining strikes.

    3498 days ago
  • A Cosatu member was injured in a fight with a striking Amplats miner on 27 October 2012. Cosatu had planned to hold a rally at the Olympia Stadium in Rustenberg. Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN

    Nzimande: Police’s reaction was justified

    Police earlier today fired rubber bullets at miners attempting to disrupt a Cosatu rally in Rustenburg.

    3499 days ago
  • FILE PICTURE: Lonmin workers gather to march for better salaries. Picture: Taurai Maduna/EWN

    Cosatu plans march against miner dismissals

    Cosatu is planning protest action against the firing of striking workers in all sectors of the economy.

    3502 days ago
  • Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi.Picture: SAPA

    Vavi points finger at DSM

    Striking miners threw stones at Cosatu and NUM leaders when they wanted to address the crowd.

    3506 days ago
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