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7 months ago

Absorbed on paper, invisible in practice
by Thapelo Moncho care economy / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / gender equality / health sector / recognition of prior learning / workers’ rights
A Community Health Worker reflects on the reality of absorption into permanent employment on the ground.
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7 months ago

The everyday violence against Community Health Workers
by Kukhanya Mthimkulu care economy / Care Workers' Day / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / gender equality
Community Health Workers demand formal, safe and dignified work.
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7 months ago

Care without applause
by Kukhanya Mthimkulu care economy / Care Workers' Day / community health workers / decent work / ECD practitioners / extended public works programme / food handlers / gender equality
What care workers day reveals about whose labour counts.
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7 months ago

The politics of care
by Kukhanya Mthimkulu care work / community health workers / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / extended public works programme / food handlers
Why care work is treated as “natural” rather than skilled labour
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7 months ago

CEO remuneration in the age of inequality — what exactly are we rewarding?
by Dr Salomé Teuteberg collective bargaining / company research / directors’ fees / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance
Naspers CEO, Fabricio Bloisi, pay package was more than R1bn in 2025.
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7 months ago

Community Health Workers still outsourced despite court ruling
by Nkosemntu Stuurman care work / care workers / community health workers / decent work / extended public works programme / health sector
Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness refuses to employ Community Health Workers on a permanent basis.
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7 months ago

2025 snapshot of industry wage settlements
by George Mthethwa Actual Wage Rates Database / AWARD / collective bargaining agreements / wage bargaining / wages
The highest median increase was in the electricity, gas and water industry at 7%.
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8 months ago

Care workers are essential to a just transition
by Global Labour Column care work / climate change / gender equality / green collective bargaining / just transition
What would a just transition look like if it took care work seriously?
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8 months ago

7 February is the inaugural Care Workers’ Day
by Nina Benjamin care economy / Care Workers' Day / community health workers / decent work / ECD practitioners / extended public works programme / food handlers / gender equality
Care workers mobilise around five demands for decent work and gender justice.
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9 months ago

The top 20 highest paid CEOs on the JSE top 40
by Dr Salomé Teuteberg bargain / company research / directors’ fees / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance
Directors’ Fees Report 2025
