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5 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.

5 months ago

A good quarter for wages, a hard one for households

by George Mthethwa bargaining benchmarks / GDP / inflation / unemployment rate / wage bargaining / wages

The five Q1 2026 benchmarks every trade union negotiator should know.

5 months ago

I danced when I got the job

by Nomasonto Ngwenya advocacy stories / care work / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / I Danced When I Got the Job / informalisation / NSNP

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.

5 months ago

The green light never stays green

by Yonela Mbubu advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality

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.

5 months ago

How global supply chains keep workers poor

by The Conversation decent work / global value chains / living wage / multinational corporations / supply chains / wages

Three case studies show how the cycle can be broken.

5 months ago

How the State discards the women who built community health care

by Bulelwa Faltein advocacy stories / care work / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / health sector / public care work programmes

A Community Health Worker bears witness to the women who built care in their communities and now retire with no pension, no recognition, and nowhere to belong.

6 months ago