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
Teacher union distances itself from crowdfunding campaign for suspended Pretoria principal
- Details
News24 reports that the SA Teachers’ Union (SAOU), which represents suspended Pretoria Girls High principal Phillipa Erasmus, has distanced itself from a crowdfunding campaign established to compensate her for financial losses she might suffer.
Morning roundup of labour news on Friday, 1 August 2025
- Details
In our Friday morning roundup, see
summaries of our selection of recent South
African labour-related reports.
Call for nurses' mental health and wellness to be taken seriously
- Details
TimesLIVE reports that healthcare leaders have called for urgent systemic action to prioritise nurses' wellness, warning that the health of the country’s largest workforce is being overlooked to the detriment of patient outcomes.
Home Affairs fires five more officials linked variously to fraud and sexual assault
- Details
The Citizen reports that five more Department of Home Affairs (DHA) officials have been dismissed, bringing the total to 38 fired officials in one year.
NSFAS employees stage picket over alleged corruption, mismanagement and wage dispute
- Details
News24 reports that employees at the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) began a three-day picket outside the agency’s Foreshore offices in Cape Town on Wednesday, demanding action against alleged corruption, mismanagement, and poor working conditions.