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Workers on strike at Premier’s Mister Sweet factory picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston last month to demand a report following an inspection by an official. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Occupational Health & Safety

Injured Mister Sweet workers yet to be compensated

Kimberly Mutandiro 11 Nov 2024

Striking workers gather outside the Mister Sweet factory in Germiston. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Occupational Health & Safety

Another worker loses a finger at Mister Sweet

Kimberly Mutandiro 28 Oct 2024

Striking Mister Sweet workers queued on Wednesday for food brought by supporters. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 Sep 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Jacques van Wyk 24 Apr 2024

Magazines

Condé Nast strike gains celebrity support as Anne Hathaway leaves photoshoot

24 Jan 2024

Royal Bafokeng Platinum Mine. Source: Implats

Mining

Implats resolves underground protest peacefully

Lindsey Schutters 21 Dec 2023

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Mining

Mineral Council calls for end to Gold One 'hostage situation'

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2023

Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

One of the two new rail-mounted stacker reclaimers which scoop up and transfer coal into and out of the yard is seen at Africa's largest coal export facility, the Richards Bay Coal Terminal, 2018. Source: Reuters/Tanisha Heiberg

Construction & Engineering

Thungela says coal terminal workers' strike not impacting exports

Nelson Banya 2 Oct 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

FMCG

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

A Transnet Freight Rail train is seen next to tons of coal mined from the nearby Khanye Colliery mine, at the Bronkhorstspruit station, in Bronkhorstspruit, around 90 kilometres north-east of Johannesburg, South Africa, April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Railway

Transnet workers go on strike

Kopano Gumbi and Nelson Banya 6 Oct 2022

Takealot workers strike for permanent positions

E-commerce

Takealot workers strike for permanent positions

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 11 Jul 2022

Unions accept Eskom wage offer as power cuts bite

Energy

Unions accept Eskom wage offer as power cuts bite

Bhargav Acharya and Nellie Peyton 6 Jul 2022

Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike

Agriculture

Eastern Cape farm workers vow to continue strike

Thamsanqa Mbovane 3 May 2022

No work, no pay: Clover workers feeling the pinch as strike enters fourth month

FMCG

No work, no pay: Clover workers feeling the pinch as strike enters fourth month

Masego Mafata 7 Mar 2022

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

FMCG

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

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2022

Striking workers remove Clover products from shop shelves

FMCG

Striking workers remove Clover products from shop shelves

Masego Mafata 19 Jan 2022

FMCG

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Workers disgruntled over low wages and changes to terms and conditions of employment, go on strike outside a Makro store in Johannesburg on 19 November 2021. Source: Reuters/Sumaya Hisham

Retailers

Strike ends at Massmart after agreement reached

Nqobile Dludla 7 Dec 2021

Massmart workers commence indefinite strike

Retailers

Massmart workers commence indefinite strike

Nqobile Dludla 19 Nov 2021

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Materials & Equipment

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Masego Mafata 13 Oct 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Public Health

Water, power cuts and neglect are taking their toll on South Africa's top hospitals

Daynia Ballot 8 Jul 2021

Spar workers end strike after agreement reached

Retailers

Spar workers end strike after agreement reached

Joseph Chirume 5 May 2021

Luxor Paints workers awarded R38 million by CCMA

Labour Law

Luxor Paints workers awarded R38 million by CCMA

Liezl Human 28 Jan 2021

On Wednesday the Clover SA depot in Perseverance, Port Elizabeth, was operating in spite of a strike. Photo: Joseph Chirume.

FMCG

Striking workers call for boycott of Clover SA products

Joseph Chirume 15 Oct 2020

Doctors and nurses were held at gunpoint to stop giving patients treatment. (Paul Botes)

Public Health

Hospitals close in Mpumalanga as doctors and nurses fear for their safety

Nelisiwe Msomi 19 Jun 2019

Strike action leaves SA in the dark

Energy

Strike action leaves SA in the dark

Nicci Botha 15 Jun 2018

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Public Transport

Bus travellers have no ticket to ride

Jordaan, Bongani Mthethwa and Kgaugelo Masweneng 13 Apr 2017

Strikers close Unisa over 10% wage call

Higher Education

Strikers close Unisa over 10% wage call

27 Jan 2017

Ceres Fruit Growers, union set to return to negotiation table

Agriculture

Ceres Fruit Growers, union set to return to negotiation table

Jenna Etheridge 24 Sep 2015

MTN South Africa struck down by strike action

Services

MTN South Africa struck down by strike action

Darryl Linington 21 May 2015

Strike at Eastcape Midlands College: union calls in the big guns

Higher Education

Strike at Eastcape Midlands College: union calls in the big guns

3 Mar 2015

Emergency workers urged to end illegal strike

Administration

Emergency workers urged to end illegal strike

More Matshediso 17 Oct 2014

Fear of our dark depths keeps Farlam in shadows

Media

Fear of our dark depths keeps Farlam in shadows

Anton Harber 26 Sep 2014

Seifsa says it has "exhausted" means to end strike

Management & Leadership

Seifsa says it has "exhausted" means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

Design & Manufacturing

SA metal sector says it has exhausted means to end strike

16 Jul 2014

Uncertainty about pension contributions of striking workers

Labour Law

Uncertainty about pension contributions of striking workers

15 Jul 2014

Administration

Why 'Excellence' should be at the top of our national agenda

Douglas Kruger 10 Jul 2014

Union settles strike but sugar workers won't work

Labour Law & Unions

Union settles strike but sugar workers won't work

Nce Mkhize 10 Jun 2014

Transnet workers were victims of 'co-ordinated attacks'

Labour Law & Unions

Transnet workers were victims of 'co-ordinated attacks'

Mark Allix 9 Jun 2014

Sugar strike set to continue

Agriculture

Sugar strike set to continue

Stanley Karombo 3 Jun 2014

Premier optimistic at mediation in platinum strike

Mining

Premier optimistic at mediation in platinum strike

23 May 2014

No room for anarchy in platinum belt, warns Police Minister

Energy & Mining

No room for anarchy in platinum belt, warns Police Minister

15 May 2014

Premier Modise calls for end to mining strike

Energy & Mining

Premier Modise calls for end to mining strike

13 May 2014

Strike: Transnet, Numsa may meet

Labour Law & Unions

Strike: Transnet, Numsa may meet

12 May 2014

Pair arrested for assault of a non-striking mine worker

Energy & Mining

Pair arrested for assault of a non-striking mine worker

6 May 2014

Premier Modise condemns torching of mineworker

Energy & Mining

Premier Modise condemns torching of mineworker

21 Feb 2014

Amplats up more than 6% after update

Mining

Amplats up more than 6% after update

30 Jan 2014

Striking mine workers called upon to end strike

Administration

Striking mine workers called upon to end strike

27 Jan 2014

Striking mine workers called to end strike

Mining

Striking mine workers called to end strike

27 Jan 2014