While the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes Tiger Brands’ announcement to make advance payments to the first cohort of claimants who suffered irreparable damage from the deadly listeriosis outbreak in 2017, the Federation is baffled by the company’s refusal to take full responsibility for the callosal damage caused by the disease. Legal […]
SAMWU Calls for the Suspension of Rea Vaya Bus Services Until Worker Safety Can Be Guaranteed
The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Petrus Mashishi Region (Johannesburg) has been left reeling in shock and devastation following the brutal and senseless assassination of two Rea Vaya bus drivers on 3 February 2024. These cold-blooded killings, which occurred mere minutes apart in Soweto, bear the hallmarks of a coordinated attack by […]
COSATU KZN Picket Outside KZN Premier’s Office on SONA Day
The Congress of South African Trade Unions(COSATU) in the province of KwaZulu Natal will stage a picket outside the KZN Premier’s Office to demand a response to our memorandum submitted in October 2024. On 7 October 2025, COSATU had a march in which memoranda with clear demands were submitted to government on behalf of the […]
COSATU welcomes the progressive increase in the National Minimum Wage of inflation plus 1.5% increase from 1 March 2025
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes the progressive increase in the National Minimum Wage (NMW) of inflation plus 1.5% to R28,79 per hour from 1 March 2025. Whilst COSATU had tabled a slightly higher proposal to the NMW Commission, we are pleased that our demand for a positive above inflation increase prevailed […]
COSATU SONA Expectations Statement
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is looking forward to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Thursday. The challenges facing South Africa and in particular the working class are immense. A bold, decisive and progressive set of interventions are needed. A business-as-usual approach will simply not do given our […]
COSATU leaders to hand over school shoes and sanitary towels to the learners of Sandringham High school in Gauteng
COSATU President Zingiswa Losi and General Secretary Solly Phetoe will hand over school shoes and sanitary towels to the learners of Sandringham High school in Gauteng tomorrow, 04 February 2025. Following a successful annual COSATU Charity Golf Day held in November 2024, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will once again fulfil its promise to […]
SAMWU Ekurhuleni’s Media Statement
SAMWU Ekurhuleni Region convened a special Regional Executive Committee (REC) on the 29th January 2025, under the theme “Going back to Basics to achieve progress & action in the interest of Municipal Workers”. The REC took stock after the RSSC to consider key amongst others a concrete programme of action that will respond to the challenges of Municipal workers in General and SAMWU members in particular as follows:Condonation of elected Shopstewards and Office-Bearer’s (LOB’S) The REC […]
COSATU leaders to hand over school shoes and sanitary towels to the learners of Sandringham High school in Gauteng
COSATU President Zingiswa Losi and General Secretary Solly Phetoe will hand over school shoes and sanitary towels to the learners of Sandringham High school in Gauteng tomorrow, 04 February 2025. Following a successful annual COSATU Charity Golf Day held in November 2024, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will once again fulfil its promise to […]
NEHAWU CONGRATULATES THE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE AND #PAYTHEGRANTS ON THEIR PRETORIA HIGH COURT VICTORY
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] extends congratulations to the Institute for Economic Justice (IEJ) and #PayTheGrants on their recent Pretoria High Court case victory. The findings of the court sets out a clear a path to ensure that millions of vulnerable South Africans are afforded with an opportunity to access vital social protection […]