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The Fund’s Commissioner, Teboho Maruping, has been on suspension for more than a year, earning more than R1.4 million in that ...

The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) said it has recovered from the COVID-19 years when it paid out R65 billion to compensate those affected by the lockdowns, but the Auditor-General (AG) has still ...

The Hawks Serious Corruption Investigation unit has rearrested an accused on Saturday, October 18, who allegedly impersonated an employee of the Department of Employment and Labour (DEL).

Sandi Kwon Hoo THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) intends to approach the Labour Court on an urgent basis after 387 workers were laid off in September at Ekapa Mine in ...

Make Sure You Tick All the Boxes When Closing Your Company Down in South Africa Facing the closure of your business can be one of the hardest decisions a business […] ...

Police have raided two clothing factories in northern KwaZulu-Natal, arresting 47 workers and employers, on suspicion of ...

Women who mop, sweep and clean homes across Africa are riding a new wave of digital platforms that promise flexible work and ...

Former miners from the Gold One mine staged a peaceful march to submit a memorandum demanding their provident funds and UIF documents after years of delay.

Sandi Kwon Hoo A STAND-OFF over the absorption of nearly 500 EPWP contract workers is already spilling into service interruptions across Kimberley, with some municipal employees revealing they have ...

The centre’s research findings are that social grant beneficiaries in South Africa are pointing the way. Beneficiaries ...

Liberian labour and environmental justice advocate George S. Tengbeh says he is living in fear after receiving repeated death threats linked to his public criticism of poor labour practices and the ...