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2 months ago
Four ways to use the June inflation figures
The annual headline inflation rate increased to 5% in June 2026 from 4.5% in May 2026.
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2 months ago
A trade union guide to saving jobs
Retrenchment is one response to business distress, not the only one. This guide shows unions how to spot trouble early and put alternatives on the table.
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3 months ago
The implications of the energy transition for auto mechanics
The transition to electric vehicles will alter repair work, skills demand, and business viability for auto mechanics, especially in the informal economy.
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3 months ago
Green jobs and skills: 5 things unions should be asking
Green jobs need new skills but skills are often treated as compensation, not strategy. A union guide to the just transition skills debate.
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3 months ago
Platform cooperatives and decent work for domestic workers
Domestic work is shrinking and apps repeat the old exploitation in a new form. Can worker-owned models deliver where investor-owned apps have not?
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3 months ago
What if the formal economy can’t deliver the jobs we need?
Jobs crisis: what 10 years of tax data tells us.
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3 months ago
Anything under 4,5% is a pay cut
May inflation rose for a second month running. Transport hit 9,4% and fuel cost 28,7% more than a year ago.
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4 months ago
A good quarter for wages, a hard one for households
The five Q1 2026 benchmarks every trade union negotiator should know.
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4 months ago
I danced when I got the job
Nomasonto rejoiced the day she got her first job as a Food Handler. Behind the kitchen door, she found a harder fight: to be recognised as a worker deserving of dignity and rights.
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4 months ago
The green light never stays green
Yonela Mbubu sees a care worker’s life as a robot: red while you wait for work, green when a door opens, then the cracks. Still, she dreams and evolves.