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10 months ago

New law will reveal South Africa’s huge pay gaps
by Dr Salomé Teuteberg company research / directors’ fees / executive remuneration / South African multinational companies / transforming corporate governance / wages
Amendments to the Companies Act will oblige companies to disclose the gap between the lowest paid worker and the top executive.
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10 months ago

Bargaining Benchmarks | December 2025
by George Mthethwa bargaining benchmarks / GDP / inflation / unemployment rate / wage bargaining / wages
A resource for trade union negotiators in South Africa.
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10 months ago

South Africa declared GBV a national disaster. But how will frontline workers be kept safe?
by The Conversation 16 days of activism / domestic violence / femicide / gender based violence and harassment / gender equality / social workers
Social workers are often female and often arrive first on the scene, but have little protection.
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10 months ago

How trade unions in Rwanda secured a seat on the AfCFTA implementation committee
by Africain Biraboneye afCFTA / collective bargaining and organising / decent work / labour provisions / organisation and representation / Rwanda / social dialogue / trade
The Trade Union Centre of Workers of Rwanda (CESTRAR) aims to influence the implementation of AfCFTA to benefit workers and their communities.
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10 months ago

Let’s organise for decent care work
by Thapelo Moncho advocacy stories / care economy / community health workers / decent care work / extended public works programme / health sector / public care work programmes
Our communities depend on our care. We must depend on one another to get recognition, respect, and rights.
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10 months ago

Building a national care workers’ movement to advocate for decent work
by Zanele Chakela care work / community health workers / decent work / early childhood development educators / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / public care work programmes
‘We are the legs of one pot. When one breaks, the whole pot falls. The nation cannot stand without us.”
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10 months ago

Our journey for decent work in the National School Nutrition Programme
by Nelly Nyagah care work / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / Power Up! / workers’ rights
Food Handlers organise to claim their rights.
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10 months ago

Care work is currency
by Sheila Martins advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality
Dignity, value, and rights must be at the heart of public care work.
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10 months ago

My story of the pencil
by Sanah Seema advocacy stories / care work / decent work / early childhood development practitioners / education sector / expanded public works programme / gender equality
I want the school community and the Department of Basic Education to recognise and value my work as an Early Childhood Development Practitioner.
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10 months ago

I am a Food Handler, and I deserve dignity and rights
by Sibongile Mashinini advocacy stories / care economy / decent work / education sector / extended public works programme / food handlers / informalisation / NSNP
Food Handlers advocating for decent work under the National School Nutrition Programme are not alone.
