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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Trial finds most South Africans won't take Fridays off for 4-day work week

    Trial finds most South Africans won't take Fridays off for 4-day work week South Africa’s first four-day work week trial shows some differences from other countries that have tried the switch — less than one in four employees took Fridays off. Among the 28 companies that started the six-month...
  2. Kevin Lancaster

    What South African workers hate the most in the office

    What South African workers hate the most in the office A survey of 12,000 South African office workers reveals what employees love and hate the most about their workplace.
  3. LazyLion

    Workers strike at Lonmin again

    Mining operations at Lonmin's platinum mine in Rustenburg, in North West, were suspended on Tuesday, the company said. "We can confirm there is a stoppage. Workers arrived for work, but did not go underground. The reason for them not going underground is unclear," said spokeswoman Sue Vey...
  4. LazyLion

    DA Criticised at Workers' Day Rallies

    Criticism of the Democratic Alliance (DA) dominated speeches delivered by political parties and union leaders at Workers' Day rallies across the country on Wednesday. Speaking at a rally in Sharpeville, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said the DA was synonymous with oppression and was never...
  5. LazyLion

    Bail for Workers Accused of Assault

    Three Jane Furse shop workers accused of assaulting a suspected shoplifter were granted bail of R2000 each by the Nebo Magistrate's Court, in Limpopo, on Monday. Gladys Maphanga, Refilwe Mzimba, and Thabanga Makuwa were arrested last week after allegedly assaulting Esther Mankge, 49, accusing...
  6. LazyLion

    WASP Takes off in Pretoria

    A new political party, the Workers and Socialist Party (Wasp), has made its entrance on South Africa's political scene. "Comrades came from various communities all over the country and the turnout exceeded our expectations," spokesman Mamatlwe Sebei said on Friday after the party's launch...
  7. LazyLion

    New Socialist Party to be Launched

    A new political party, the Workers and Socialist Party (Wasp) will be unveiled on Thursday. The announcement would be made at press conference in Tshwane, Wasp spokesman Mamatlwe Sebei said in a statement on Wednesday. He said it was fitting to launch the party on Human Rights Day. "It...
  8. LazyLion

    COSATU Will Fight for Rights: Dlamini

    Cosatu will fight to transform apartheid wage structures and craft a new minimum wage policy, president Sidumo Dlamini said on Tuesday. "We [are] meeting here today to lodge a fight... to claim what belongs to us, the workers," Dlamini said in Boksburg, east of Johannesburg. "These...
  9. LazyLion

    Worker Party to be Launched

    A new political party, the Workers' and Socialist Party (Wasp), will be launched later this month. "We [are] trying to build it as a party that can provide a political platform to unite the struggles of the working class people, not just in the mines but all industries," spokesman Mametlwe...
  10. J

    SA obsessed with nudity watch this News 24 video

    Their is a new company in town with a naked workforce. It's the most viewed news article on News 24 , is South Africans obsessed with Nudity? http://www.news24.com/Multimedia/South-Africa/Naked-cleaners-20120502 Naked Company website www.naturalcleaning.wozaonline.co.za
  11. jes

    Chinese iPhone factory workers poisoned

    Chinese iPhone factory workers poisoned Workers who say they were assembling Apple computers and iPhones in southern China have spent months in hospital after being exposed to a harmful chemical, an Australian media report said Tuesday.
  12. Lycanthrope

    Irradiated Koeberg workers 'counselled'

    Source: TimesLIVE Okkkaaaay then.
  13. R13...

    Strike over?

    The SABC are reporting from just before 12:00 that SADTU in Gauteng have decided to accept government's offer & will be back at work starting tomorrow. They apparently accepted the offer on Friday, but wanted time to inform members. There's an announcement this afternoon on the rest of the...
  14. mercurial

    Wolf whistle works, woman strips

    Woman strips for workers
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