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: 25-10-2025
SA Labour News
Ford retrenchments in SA tied to UK tax shift, lower volumes
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Reuters reports that the SA arm of Ford Motor has attributed planned retrenchments to lower European orders for its Ranger pickup truck, driven by recent tax changes in the UK and sluggish export volumes for its plug-in hybrid Ranger model.
Court dismisses urgent bid to stop retrenchment of SA Breweries workers
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GroundUp reports that the Labour Court in Johannesburg has dismissed an urgent application by the Food and Allied Workers Union (Fawu) for an interdict stopping retrenchments at SA Breweries (SAB).
Morning roundup of labour news on Thursday, 2 October 2025
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In our Thursday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Nehawu applauds Tembisa hospital graft probe, laments R2bn lost
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SABC News reports that the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has welcomed the Special Investigating Unit’s (SIU’s) interim report into tender fraud and corruption at Tembisa Hospital.
Volkswagen puts brakes on automation to preserve jobs in SA
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BL Premium reports that Volkswagen Group Africa chair and MD Martina Biene says the group has taken a deliberate decision not to automate certain areas of its functions, even in instances where the car manufacturer is in the position to deploy robots, as a means of preserving jobs in SA.