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Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. (GCIS)

Godongwana holds better budget cards but economic recovery remains inadequate

Labour federations Cosatu and the South African Federation of Trade Unions have led calls for a budget that addresses massive unemployment and weak growth

Graphic: John McCann

AI must serve labour, not subjugate it, G20 labour group says

Labour federations said the digital economy could lead to further marginalisation of workers and called for platform accountability and job protection

Essential: Although trade unions no longer occupy the same status they did during apartheid, they remain vital for vulnerable workers. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Are unions still relevant? Yes, they gave us our dignity, say workers

Labour relations reached a crossroads with the Marikana Massacre, raising questions about the relevance and power of unions post-apartheid

Educor, the largest private education provider in Southern Africa, owns the Damelin, CityVarsity, Icesa City Campus and Lyceum colleges.

Saftu calls on education department to ensure workers’ rights are upheld at Educor colleges

The department of higher education and training has reinstated the private college group’s registration after after revoking it in March

Unions have said the trend of making workers casual and the use of brokers to source labours on a three-month contract basis was rife in the logistics sector. Photo: grindrod.com

Grindrod Logistics workers strike over retrenchments

Unions say the company is keeping its workforce as casual labour to grow profits, in line with a trend in the transport sector

Educor qualifications are valid, says department

The department of higher education has assured students that they will not be left stranded following the decision to deregister four private colleges

Damelin is one of four colleges that has been deregistered by the department of education.

Damelin, Lyceum College and CityVarsity deregistered

The South African Union of Students says the education department has been in the process of deregistering Educor’s private institutions since July 2023