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Labour Law

Dismissal codes expanded: What employers need to know

Keshni Naicker and Amandla Makhongwana 30 Jan 2025

Mr Sweet workers picketed outside the Department of Labour’s office in Germiston during their 11-week strike. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet workers face disciplinary hearings for strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 20 Dec 2024

The 11-week strike at the Mister Sweet plant in Germiston has ended. Archive photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Mister Sweet strike ends: Workers to return to work next week

Kimberly Mutandiro 4 Nov 2024

Striking Mister Sweet workers queued on Wednesday for food brought by supporters. Photo: Kimberly Mutandiro / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Premier loses court bid to end Mister Sweet strike

Kimberly Mutandiro 12 Sep 2024

Throwback Cinema and more on the big screen this July

Film

Throwback Cinema and more on the big screen this July

Daniel Dercksen 2 Jul 2024

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Labour Law & Unions

Losing your protection? When protected strikes turn bad

Jacques van Wyk 24 Apr 2024

Striking Simba factory workers picket inside the gates of the company’s premises in Isando because security would not let them out to protest. They were eventually let out a couple of hours later. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro | GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Simba factory workers down tools over "unfair" transport deductions

Kimberly Mutandiro 5 Oct 2023

#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new ad

#OrchidsandOnions

#OrchidsandOnions: Canine Cuisine 'barks' at competitor in new ad

Brendan Seery 8 May 2023

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Economy

EFF national shutdown: It's not business as usual

Katja Hamilton 20 Mar 2023

Source © Business Today Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, has introduced Google's experimental conversational AI service, Bard

Digital

Introducing Bard, Google's experimental conversational AI service

7 Feb 2023

Source: Mkhuseli Sizani. Nurses and nursing assistants at six hospitals and clinics in the Raymond Mhlaba local municipality, Eastern Cape protesting, demanding to be paid a R1,200 rural allowance.

Nursing

Over 500 Eastern Cape health workers down tools

Mkhuseli Sizani 29 Jun 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Grass-hopping, go slows and strikes - definitions and differences

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

Striking Clover workers marched through the streets of Sandton on Thursday. Photo: Masego Mafata.

FMCG

Striking Clover workers march through Sandton and picket at Israeli trade office

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2022

FMCG

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Legalities of dismissing striking employees, despite compliance with ultimatum

Labour Law

Legalities of dismissing striking employees, despite compliance with ultimatum

Jacques van Wyk and Andre van Heerden 5 May 2021

Too scared to come to work: Unauthorised absence after a strike

Labour Law

Too scared to come to work: Unauthorised absence after a strike

Fiona Leppan and Merrick Steenkam 26 Apr 2019

Experts fear that Uganda’s efforts to eliminate graft in its health care system are not sustainable. Suuba Trust/Flickr

Public Health

What we found out about bribery patterns in Uganda's healthcare system

Heather Marquette & Caryn Peiffer 1 Mar 2019

Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Retailers

Workers barred from picketing at Dis-Chem

Tariro Washinyira 6 Dec 2018

Victory for workers at Dis-Chem

Retailers

Victory for workers at Dis-Chem

Zoë Postman 15 Nov 2018

South Africa's strike rate isn't as bad as it's made out to be

Labour Law & Unions

South Africa's strike rate isn't as bad as it's made out to be

Carin Runciman 25 Apr 2018

Angry protests for free higher education by South African students forced the country to search for a solution.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Land debate in South Africa is about dignity and equality - not the constitution

Steven Friedman 6 Mar 2018

Lion Safety Match goes to new lengths

FMCG

Lion Safety Match goes to new lengths

Issued by The Lion Match Company 22 Jan 2018

Makro workers picket in Port Elizabeth

Retailers

Makro workers picket in Port Elizabeth

Joseph Chirume 2 Oct 2017

Strikers close Unisa over 10% wage call

Higher Education

Strikers close Unisa over 10% wage call

27 Jan 2017

Coca-Cola announced last week it was selling all its bottling assets in mainland China to Hong Kong conglomerate Swire Pacific and COFCO Corporation (AFP Photo/

Banking & Finance

Chinese Coca-Cola workers strike over asset sale

25 Nov 2016

Wine farm wage deal

Agro-processing

Wine farm wage deal

Robertson Winery and the Commercial, Stevedoring 24 Nov 2016

Speak up or face the consequences - ruling

Labour Law

Speak up or face the consequences - ruling

Andre van Heerden and Jacques van Wyk 25 Aug 2016

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Retailers

March to support Shoprite's casual staff

Karl Gernetzky 14 Apr 2016

Employers may lock out non-strikers in a dispute of mutual interest

Labour Law

Employers may lock out non-strikers in a dispute of mutual interest

Bradley Workman Davies and Kerry Badal 10 Jul 2015

[Orchids & Onions] Yes, I can feel this penguin ad

Advertising

[Orchids & Onions] Yes, I can feel this penguin ad

Brendan Seery 10 Jun 2015

Film

Unity is Pride

Daniel Dercksen 15 Jan 2015

Hundreds of Congo magistrates on indefinite strike over pay

Law Practice

Hundreds of Congo magistrates on indefinite strike over pay

5 Nov 2014

Our teachers the future

Higher Education

Our teachers the future

Graeme Bloch 31 Oct 2014

Fear of our dark depths keeps Farlam in shadows

Media

Fear of our dark depths keeps Farlam in shadows

Anton Harber 26 Sep 2014

When can a trade union be held in contempt of court?

Labour Law

When can a trade union be held in contempt of court?

Kirsten Caddy 24 Jul 2014

Dangerous gamble for SA motor industry

Manufacturing & Parts

Dangerous gamble for SA motor industry

David Furlonger 21 Jul 2014

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

Administration

Transnet temporarily lifts Ngqura lockout

11 Jun 2014

Media

Investigative journalism deserves to be honoured

Anton Harber 4 Apr 2014

Shelley Russell gets 200th national cap

Sport

Shelley Russell gets 200th national cap

5 Feb 2014

PR & Communications

Why Numsa is calling BMW's bluff

Chris Moerdyk 8 Oct 2013

Hopes for end to South African vehicle strike

Manufacturing & Parts

Hopes for end to South African vehicle strike

3 Oct 2013

Waltons sponsors Gauteng school cricket

Sport

Waltons sponsors Gauteng school cricket

3 Oct 2013

Revised wage offer for auto strikers

Manufacturing & Parts

Revised wage offer for auto strikers

2 Oct 2013

Saboteurs should be dismissed

Labour Law

Saboteurs should be dismissed

13 Sep 2013

Cabinet warns against violence during strike season

Security

Cabinet warns against violence during strike season

10 Sep 2013

Puma signs up Santi Cazorla

Trends

Puma signs up Santi Cazorla

29 Aug 2013

Labour Law

View from Botswana

Aadil Patel 8 Jul 2013

SA men's hockey team announced for World League semis

Sport

SA men's hockey team announced for World League semis

18 Jun 2013

The strike notice: does it assist the employer?

Labour Law

The strike notice: does it assist the employer?

Gavin Stansfield and Anli Bezuidenhout 13 Jun 2013

SA clinch test series against Malaysia

Sport

SA clinch test series against Malaysia

11 Jun 2013