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Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in eThekwini municipality have been protesting since Friday to be insourced by the City. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

HR & Management

Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 23 Jul 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Agriculture

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Liezl Human 8 Jul 2024

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Education

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Mary-Anne Gontsana 5 Jun 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Education

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Johnnie Isaac 19 Mar 2024

Members of the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) are on strike. They are demanding a 1.5% increase to 2023 salaries and a 7.5% increase to 2024 salaries, among other demands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks /GroundUp

Education

Waive 'no work no pay' principle, say striking UCT workers

Liezl Human 14 Feb 2024

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Legal

Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

ESG & Sustainability

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

Retail

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

3 Oct 2023

Single women outpacing men, married couples in property ownership

Property

Single women outpacing men, married couples in property ownership

1 Aug 2023

Marketing & Media

Sanef pickets with Karyn Maughan as she challenges private prosecution

22 Mar 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

Retail

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

Popularity of sectional title homes continues to surge in SA

Property

Popularity of sectional title homes continues to surge in SA

5 Jan 2023

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HR & Management

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

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

Source: Kimberly Mutandiro. Hundreds of union members and supporters marched in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding measures against the high cost of living.

Finance

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Vincent Lali and Kimberly Mutandiro 25 Aug 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

HR & Management

Sars workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

Marecia Damons 24 May 2022

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HR & Management

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

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

Striking Clover workers marched through the streets of Sandton on Thursday. Photo: Masego Mafata.

Retail

Striking Clover workers march through Sandton and picket at Israeli trade office

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2022

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Retail

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Masego Mafata 14 Jan 2022

Retail

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Retail

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Chris Gilili 11 Jan 2022

Climate activists picket at parliament, accuse COP26 of excluding African farmers

ESG & Sustainability

Climate activists picket at parliament, accuse COP26 of excluding African farmers

Marecia Damons 8 Nov 2021

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Construction & Engineering

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Masego Mafata 13 Oct 2021

CCMA upholds dismissal of Spar workers in Gqeberha for violating picket rules

Legal

CCMA upholds dismissal of Spar workers in Gqeberha for violating picket rules

Joseph Chirume 6 Aug 2021

Carrying weapons during strike action can get you dismissed

Legal

Carrying weapons during strike action can get you dismissed

Lizle Louw, Shane Johnson and Justin de Wet 14 Apr 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: Songbird, Adopt A Daddy

Lifestyle

#OnTheBigScreen: Songbird, Adopt A Daddy

Daniel Dercksen 18 Feb 2021

#PulpNonFiction: The amorality of morality marketing

Marketing & Media

#PulpNonFiction: The amorality of morality marketing

Bronwyn Williams 15 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: Bronwyn Williams: From small words to big ideas.

Marketing & Media

#BizTrends2021: Bronwyn Williams: From small words to big ideas.

9 Feb 2021

Bronwyn Williams, director, FluxTrends

Finance

#BizTrends2021: A small idea can change the world

Nicci Botha 3 Feb 2021

Supreme Court tears into KZN judge

Legal

Supreme Court tears into KZN judge

Tania Broughton 9 Dec 2020

Celebrating responsible tourism with African Bush Camps

Tourism & Travel

Celebrating responsible tourism with African Bush Camps

6 Nov 2020

Marketing & Media

Is the Pride rainbow the new 'puppies and babies and kittens' of advertising?

Lynn Madeley & Larry Khumalo 28 Oct 2020

Local, international musicians to host free 24-hour music fest, Afreefest on Mandela Day

Lifestyle

Local, international musicians to host free 24-hour music fest, Afreefest on Mandela Day

14 Jul 2020

Nomzamo Mngupane has been a nurse for six years. She said there have been staff shortages since 2018 and it has got worse since the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Healthcare

Nurses picket over staff shortages at False Bay Hospital

Ashraf Hendricks 22 Jun 2020

#YouthMonth: Our youth and the future of work

ICT

#YouthMonth: Our youth and the future of work

Daniel Robus 12 Jun 2020

Andrea Savage's comedy, I'm Sorry, is the couch therapy you need right now

Marketing & Media

Andrea Savage's comedy, I'm Sorry, is the couch therapy you need right now

Issued by Showmax 21 May 2020

#MusicExchange: Amy Tjasink

Lifestyle

#MusicExchange: Amy Tjasink

Martin Myers 16 Apr 2020

Is the dress green or red? Planet-friendly couture won't be for everyone but it can lead the way

Retail

Is the dress green or red? Planet-friendly couture won't be for everyone but it can lead the way

Mark Liu 14 Feb 2020

Residents to take municipality to court over water meters

Legal

Residents to take municipality to court over water meters

Barbara Maregele 12 Feb 2020

Picket at Saldanha Steel over plant closure

Construction & Engineering

Picket at Saldanha Steel over plant closure

Mary-Anne Gontsana 22 Nov 2019

Keep up to date with the changing labour landscape

HR & Management

Keep up to date with the changing labour landscape

Issued by LexisNexis 19 Mar 2019

How new code can bring order to strikes

Legal

How new code can bring order to strikes

Johan Olivier and Lizle Louw 15 Feb 2019

More than 40 people, individuals and representatives of various organisations – 350africa.org, Fossil free for South Africa, Project 90 by 2030, Green Anglicans among others – picketed at the Energy Week Gas summit at the Westin Hotel in Cape Town on Tuesday morning. Photo: Yann Macherez

Energy & Mining

Picket against new coal stations at energy summit

Yann Macherez 11 Dec 2018

Marketing & Media

R2K to picket at SABC offices in support of sexual harassment survivors

7 Dec 2018

Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Retail

Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Tariro Washinyira 6 Dec 2018

The generation gap - Who is who?

Marketing & Media

The generation gap - Who is who?

Belinda Kayton 31 Oct 2018

Marketing & Media

Heala calls on Coca-Cola to stop advertising at schools

17 Oct 2018