Today's Labour News
This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
Last Update: 10-09-2025
SA Labour News
Over 1,600 contract invigilators at Unisa face the axe as exams move to online
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City Press reports that more than 1,600 contract invigilators at the University of SA (Unisa) face the axe following the university’s decision to shift all examinations online.
Hundreds of Ipid investigators to be redeployed back to provinces
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TimesLIVE reports that in a bid to address a growing workload and to beef up capacity, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid) announced on Thursday that it would be redeploying hundreds of investigators across SA.
Unemployment in third quarter of 2020 at record rate of 30.8%, with SA now having 6.5 million jobless
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Fin24 reports that SA’s jobless increased to 6.5 million in the third quarter of the year, according to Statistics SA’s (Stats SA’s) quarterly labour force survey released on Thursday.
SABC forges ahead with up to 400 job cuts despite objections
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BL Premium reports that the SA Broadcasting Corporation’s (SABC’s) management stuck to its guns on Wednesday stating that it would proceed with job cuts at the public broadcaster despite objections by the government, MPs and labour unions.
Dimension Data asks court for postponement of Ngcaba’s R271m ‘corporate racism’ pay case
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BusinessLive reports that Andile Ngcaba's damages claim against Dimension Data (Didata) got off to a wobbly start on Tuesday when the High Court in Johannesburg refused to hear special pleas raised by the IT firm.