Today's Labour News
This news aggregator site highlights South African labour news from a wide range of internet and print sources. Each posting has a synopsis of the source article, together with a link or reference to the original. Postings cover the range of labour related matters from industrial relations to generalist human resources.
Last Update: 19-11-2025
SA Labour News
‘Tackle SA about race,’ says Solidarity with its G20 campaign
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Maroela Media reports that on Thursday, trade union Solidarity handed over a memorandum to the embassies of each of the G20 member countries to the effect that SA must be held accountable for its “breach of international conventions on racial discrimination” at the upcoming G20 summit in November.
Gayton McKenzie defunds 2026 National Arts Festival, jeopardising 3,000 jobs
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Daily Maverick reports that the National Arts Festival’s application for funding to the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for the 2026 event has been refused, Minister Gayton McKenzie indicated in a written answer to questions raised in Parliament.
Pension Funds Adjudicator asked to step in over security company’s non-payment of contributions amounting to R15m
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News24 reports that for the first time since the introduction of the two-pot retirement savings system a year ago, which exposed companies’, government departments’, and municipalities’ failure to pay employees’ pension fund contributions to administrators and third parties, the Pension Funds Adjudicator (PFA) is finally intervening.
Former Mashatile bodyguards to face music for alleged N1 assault after court dismisses discharge application
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Daily Maverick reports that on Thursday, the Randburg Magistrate’s Court dismissed a Section 174 discharge application brought by eight former bodyguards of Deputy President Paul Mashatile, thereby keeping the high-profile assault case on track for trial.
‘Stop employing illegal foreigners or face possible jail time’, Ramaphosa warns
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The Citizen reports that President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent a stern warning to South African employers who hire illegal immigrants, saying they could face jail time.