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: 30-10-2025
SA Labour News
Cosatu to strike on Wednesday for better Cape Town transport
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BDLive reports that more than 200,000 members of labour federation Cosatu in the Western Cape are due to go on a strike on Wednesday to demand improved rail and bus services in Cape Town.
Web links to selected labour news reports posted on 20 June 2016
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Our links page provides references to South African labour news reports we have come across on the Internet on Monday, 20 June 2016
Roundup of labour news on 20 June 2016
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In our Monday roundup, see summaries
of our selection of South African labour-
related stories that have appeared since
midday on Friday, 17 June 2016.
Asylum seekers flock to SA even as country battles unemployment
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Fin24 reports that, in the midst of staggeringly high unemployment figures, South Africa hosted more asylum seekers than any other country in the world at the end of 2015. This is according to a report by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Crunch time as Zuma faces joblessness ‘time bomb’
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TimesLive writes that the government has gone into overdrive to avert the explosion of an unemployment "time bomb". President Jacob Zuma will meet with government leaders, officials and unionists on Tuesday to discuss the state of the economy, including remorselessly increasing youth unemployment.