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8 months ago

What research reveals about public employment programmes
by Nina Benjamin decent work / informalisation / labour rights / NSNP / PowerUp / public care programme / volunteer food handlers
The case of Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
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8 months ago

Bargaining Benchmarks | March 2026
by George Mthethwa bargaining benchmarks / GDP / inflation / unemployment rate / wage bargaining / wages
A resource for trade union negotiators.
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8 months ago

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8 months ago

Wage Bargaining Review 2026
by George Mthethwa Actual Wage Rates Database / collective bargaining agreements / inflation / wage bargaining / wages
Analysis of wage settlements in 2025.
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8 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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8 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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8 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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8 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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9 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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9 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.
