Category : South Africa

The South African metal workers union, NUMSA held its much awaited special national congress in Boksburg from 17-20 December to

Nelson Mandela is no more. At about 20:50 on Thursday, 5 December Nelson Rohishlahla Mandela passed away peacefully after a

South African trade unions have announced a general strike from 12-14th November against the implementation of policies which, taken together,

The National  Union of metalworkers of South Africa(NUMSA) is in the process of gathering the views of its members in

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will hold a special national congress to deal with divisions that have

On Wednesday 14 August South Africa’s biggest labour federation, Cosatu is scheduled to hold a special meeting of its Central

According to the Minister of Labour Mildred Oliphant, a total of 17,290,552 working hours were lost in 2012 due to “unprotected”

On Monday, September 3, most of the miners arrested during the Marikana massacre were released after an outcry of protest

Eighteen years since the end of Apartheid – and the dawn of ‘freedom and democracy’ –  the  brutal killings of

On June 2nd the ANC won, as was expected, a landslide victory in South Africa’s second democratic election. This article