The four unions (AMCU,NUM,SOLIDARITY AND UASA) are united in their view that Sibanye-Stillwater should accede to workers’ demand of an increase of R1500 per year for the next three years. Alternatively, Sibanye-Stillwater should benchmark their offer on the recent wage agreement signed with Harmony Gold.  DETAILS OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE ARE AS FOLLOWS:  Venue: Birchwood […]

President Cyril Ramaphosa, The leadership of the ANC, COSATU, and the SACP, The membership of COSATU, Workers and their families across South Africa, Introductory Remarks The Congress of South African Trade Unions held its Central Committee last week.  The message from unions and our members is clear, the African National Congress remains the political home […]

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) held a successful 2-day Central Executive Committee (CEC) meeting from the 23rd to 24th of September 2021 under the theme “30 years of Working Class Consciousness, Defending Workers Rights and Building a Self-Sustainable Union”. This CEC meeting was also convened strict Covid-19 protocols; wherein proportional delegates from across our 9 provinces […]

The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) has on the 15th of September, concluded the long-overdue salary and wage negotiations for the country’s municipal workers across the country’s 257 municipalities who are represented by the employer body, the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) in the South African Local Government Bargaining Council (SALGBC).  Salary and […]

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa (www.ituc-africa.org) is appalled by the acts of dehumanization meted out by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) against over 700 African migrants legally working in the UAE. We have it on record that the UAE government used Abu Dhabi’s Rapid Intervention Forces (SWAT), Criminal Investigation […]

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) finds it infuriating the snail’s pace level at which recurring incidents of officer killings are being undermined, if not ignored, resulting in at least 6 deaths within the last 10 days, and bringing the total number of killings to 38 within the last 8 months. Within a […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) welcomes today’s opening of applications for the Unemployment Insurance Fund’s Temporary Employment Relief (TERS) relief for workers and companies who suffered losses due to the recent violence in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng.  This will provide badly needed relief to thousands of workers who have gone without pay during […]

The South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU) have learnt, with shock, of the sudden passing of the former Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) Secretary General Comrade Ibo Nana Kenosi on Monday, 16th August 2021 Comrade Ibo Nana Kenosi will be remembered for his contribution in the strengthening of the Botswana Teachers Union (BTU) which he led from […]

The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in KwaZulu Natal calls for a speedy resolution to the current impulse between RBM and its stakeholders that has led to force majeure.  This follows a Shopstewards council meeting held by NUM members this week whereby the council unanimously agreed that implications of the force majeure are a direct […]

he Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will be tabling an urgent Disaster Relief Fund package today at an urgent Nedlac EXCO meeting to mitigate against the massive socioeconomic fallout from the ongoing violent protests in KZN and Gauteng, in particular, this is a national disaster, and it needs to be treated with a […]

The Congress of South African Trade Unions Cosatu in Western Cape is highly disturbed and disappointed in the way the City of Cape Town is dealing with the grievances raised by the Firefighters. The City is refusing to comply with the Basic Condition of Employment and Occupational Health & Safety Acts. They are refusing to […]

Tune in to COSATU May Day 2021 streaming to watch the address of Comrade Zingiswa Losi (President of COSATU) as she speaks to workers in general on May 1, 2021 at 10h00am live here (click to watch) and also on WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/COSATULIVE.BRAAMFONTEIN

 The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will present its submission in support of the Compensation of Injury on Duty Amendment Bill (COIDA Bill) to Parliament’s Portfolio Committee: Employment and Labour today at 14:00 pm (Thursday 22 April 2021).  The Federation welcomes the progressive provisions of the COIDA Bill.  It is long overdue and […]