Concerns about workers spending more than 57 percent of salaries on transport and electricity
The index stated that after securing transport and electricity ,workers are left with R2,051,11 for food and other ...
South African State-Worker Body Will Accept 5.5% Pay-Hike Offer
South African government workers plan to accept an offer to increase their wages by 5.5%, less than half the percentage ...
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GIWUSA urges govt to urgently address cost-of-living crisis in South Africa
A recent report by the Household Affordability Index has revealed that the average South African worker spends over 57% of ...
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South African union calls Stilfontein mine siege a 'state-sponsored massacre'
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa) condemned what it called "the dehumanisation and criminalisation of these poor, desperate miners". "This is a bloody culmination of ...
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South Africans Debate After Government Announces Minimum Wage Increase for Domestic and Farm Workers
The South African government announced that the minimum wage has increased to R28,79 per hour for every worker including ...
South Africans struggle to put food on the table
The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa’s president Mametlwe Sebei said: “We demand that the government take immediate action to address the cost-of-living crisis and ensure that workers ...
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Community health workers must be made permanent – labour court
The Johannesburg Labour Court has ruled that community health workers, who for years have been employed by the health department on recurring fixed-term contracts, must be deemed permanent government ...
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State workers to vote on government’s revised 5.5% salary increase offer
Cosatu affiliate, the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu), has also ... popularly known as IOL, is one of South Africa’s leading news and information websites ...
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A South African horror story: Illegal mining standoff draws to an end
STILFONTEIN, South Africa —They look like the walking dead ... Earlier this month a mine workers union shared videos taken underground of how dire the situation had become.