Workers Rights – Zabalaza for Socialism

INPUT BY SAFTU GENERAL SECRETARY ZWELINZIMA VAVI AT THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION SEMINAR

Zwelinzima Vavi7 July 2026

THIRTY-TWO YEARS OF DEMOCRACY: A WORKING-CLASS ASSESSMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC REVOLUTION Comrades, colleagues, leaders of the movement, intellectuals, veterans of the struggle, and fellow South Africans,I must begin by locating myself.I am not speaking here as a neutral observer.I am not speaking as an academic standing outside the battle.I speak as a trade unionist.I […]

Press Statement: CWAO opposes the new NEDLAC Amendment Act, 2025 – here’s why

Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO)11 December 2025

The new NEDLAC Amendment Bill strengthens an elitist, unaccountable institution that has consistently served capital’s interests. The working class should fight for NEDLAC to be closed down instead. Casual Workers’ Advice Office Press Statement1 December 2025 at 1pm Contact person: CWAO Researcher, Sydney Moshoaliba on 072 509 3587 CWAO opposes the new NEDLAC Amendment Act, […]

On Mamdani and the Invention of Foreigners

Ntsika Dapo11 December 2025

DEK: From indirect rule to Operation Dudula, the lines dividing citizen from stranger trace back to the way empire organized identity and labor. There’s no shortage of analysis when it comes to xenophobia in South Africa. We’ve heard it explained as the outcome of deep structural inequality, the failure of post-apartheid redistribution, or the slow-burning crisis […]

GIWUSA to Demand Mining Nationalisation and Justice for Stilfontein in Submission to Human Rights Inquiry

The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA)1 October 2025

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – 1 October 2025 – The General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) will tomorrow formally present its comprehensive submission to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) National Inquiry into artisanal mining and Operation Vala Umgodi. The union will present a radical worker-led program that demands justice for the Stilfontein tragedy, the nationalisation of the mining industry, and massive public investment to eliminate unemployment.

The Casual Workers’ Advice Office and Simunye Workers Forum slam the newly released Code of Good Practice on Dismissal

Simunye Workers Forum8 September 2025

The Campaign to Scrap the Labour Law Amendment Bills notes that the Minister of Employment and Labour promulgated, on the 4th September 2025, the new Code of Good Practice on Dismissal. The Minister promulgated the Code despite the objections from 30 (thirty) organisations.

Dischem has banned workers from leaving the premises for lunch, doing light duties when pregnant, and collecting condolence monies for deceased colleagues!

Simunye Workers Forum31 August 2025

The Simunye Workers Forum is outraged at the unlawful behaviour of the Retail Logistics manager, Chris Visser, at Dischem Distribution Centre in Midrand. He is creating a prison for workers, bringing back apartheid-style management, and flouting the Constitution!

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