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Last Update: 27-10-2025

SA Labour News

Numsa signs two-year pay deal with pharmaceutical sector companies

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numsaBL Premium reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) and companies in the pharmaceutical sector have signed a two-year wage agreement.

Calls grow for basic income grant as jobs bloodbath continues

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Black SashFollowing the release of Stats SA’s latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey on Tuesday, which showed that the unemployment rate has risen to 33.2%, with 8.4 million people jobless and nearly one in two young people unable to find work, advocacy group Black Sash called for the urgent introduction of a permanent Basic Income Grant (BIG) for unemployed South Africans.

PSA proposes steps for government to take to tackle unemployment crisis

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psaTimesLIVE reports that according to the Public Servants Association (PSA), SA’s rising unemployment is a crisis that demands co-ordinated, bold and inclusive action.

ConCourt rules that dependency at date of death and not later crucial for allocation of pension fund death benefits

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ConCourtIOL News reports that in a groundbreaking judgment regarding the distribution of death benefits, the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) last week held that dependency must be assessed based on facts at the date of the death of a pension fund’s member and not at the time distribution decisions were made.

SA ‘becoming a construction site’ as sector adds 55,000 jobs year-on-year

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Dean MacphersonTimesLIVE reports that according to Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Minister Dean Macpherson, SA is “becoming a construction site” with the industry continuing to create thousands of jobs despite the rising unemployment rate.