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FILE: Labour Registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe. Picture: Sethembiso Zulu/Eyewitness News

Trade unions

Unions, employers' bodies, are not complying with labour law - Registrar Molefe

By Theto Mahlakoana

Labour Registrar Lehlohonolo Molefe says the bodies aren't complying with financial management requirements.

  • FILE: But unions like the Public Servants Association of South Africa said they didn't understand why the issue of affordability was raised by the court. Picture: Eyewitness News.

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    80 days ago
  • A file picture shows the logo of Sasol at its headquarters in Johannesburg. Picture: AFP

    Unions oppose Sasol’s attempt to make COVID jabs mandatory for staff

    Staff who choose not to be vaccinated will have to pay for their own weekly COVID test which is about R850.

    287 days ago
  • FILE: Labour and Employment Minister Thulas Nxesi addresses a media briefing in Pretoria on level 3 lockdown regulations on 29 May 2020. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter.

    Labour Minister Nxesi blames 'weak' unions for trucking industry violence

    Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi said that had trade union shop stewards been effective, trucking employers hiring foreign nationals at the expense of locals would have been dealt with before it became a crisis.

    416 days ago
  • FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal on 19 May 2015. Picture: EWN

    Public sector trade unions demand CPI plus 4% as final wage demand submitted

    The demands have been submitted to the general secretary of the Public Service Coordinating Bargaining Council (PSCBC).

    444 days ago
  • FILE: Workers protest as public sector unions seek to strike a wage deal. Picture: EWN

    Public wage bill a major issue for Mboweni, trade unions ahead of Budget speech

    Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has made no secret of his intention to slash the bill, which tripled between 2007 and 2019.

    450 days ago
  • FILE: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga. Picture: GCIS.

    Trade unions to DBE: Be prepared for when schools reopen amid pandemic

    In the last year, the department like many others has been forced to adapt to new ways of teaching and learning, thanks to COVID-19.

    493 days ago
  • Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers 2020 Budget Speech in Parliament, Cape Town, on 26 February 2020. Picture: GCIS.

    JUDITH FEBRUARY: Tito Mboweni’s brave wager

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    812 days ago
  • FILE: Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi. Picture:  Picture: @Deptoflabour/Twitter

    Putting humans first: Nxesi attends UN labour conference in Ivory Coast

    Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi, trade unionists and employers' organisations from South Africa will form part of over five hundred delegates in attendance.

    898 days ago
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  • Amcu leader Joseph Mathunjwa leads striking members in protest near a Sibanye-Stillwater gold mine in 2019. Picture: @_AMCU/Twitter

    Amcu under threat of being deregistered as union

    Amcu has failed to hold congresses since its inception, along with a lack of financial disclosures.

    1120 days ago
  • Labour Registrar Advocate Lehlohonolo Molefe. Picture: @deptoflabour/Twitter

    Labour Registrar waiting on court to place 2 unions under administration

    Labour registrar Advocate Lehlohonolo Molefe says that he is waiting for the Labour Court to set down two applications to place unions under administration.

    1143 days ago
  • FILE: South African Municipal Workers' Union (Samwu) members at a protest. Picture: Samwu Facebook page

    Labour registrar: Infighting, poor financial controls a major threat to unions

    The registrar has painted a bleak picture of the state of employers’ associations and bargaining councils, saying that even they are not immune.

    1143 days ago
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    New trade union Flair SA faces uphill battle in appealing to workers

    Paballo Sambo and Advocate Ronel de Jager launched Flair South Africa in October 2018, promising to be a voice for professionals in all sectors of the economy irrespective of their gender and sexual orientation.

    1170 days ago
  • Founding general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, Jay Naidoo. Picture: Talk Radio 702

    [LISTEN] Are trade unions still relevant in South Africa?

    Talk Radio 702 presenter Eusebius McKaiser, a former trade unionist, Jay Naidoo, and director at the Chris Hani Institute Dr Sthembiso Bhengu discuss the current state of trade unions.

    1338 days ago
  • FILE: Trade union Nehawu. Picture: Clement Manyathela/EWN

    SA govt agrees modest wage deal with state workers

    Under the deal, the government will increase salaries of public sector employees by up to 7% in the first year.

    1459 days ago
  • FILE: Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene. Picture: GCIS

    Nene: Union wage demands puts SA's spending cuts at risk

    The government and public sector unions representing teachers, nurses and the police have been locked in negotiations over wage increases since late 2017.

    1472 days ago
  • FILE: Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant. Picture: GCIS

    Labour Minister Oliphant hopeful bus strike will end soon

    Bus employers say they are still open to negotiations in a bid to end the industrial action.

    1478 days ago
  • Picture: Govan Whittles/EWN.

    How unions have boosted pay, job security in democratic South Africa

    Trade unions remain a force to be reckoned with in SA and that they deliver benefits to their members.

    2202 days ago
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