August 10, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is saddened by the news of the passing of Bob Mabena. Bob Mabena was a legendary radio DJ […]
August 8, 2020
“Gigantic evils arise from the fact that [women’s] labour, especially domestic labour, often the most wearisome and unending known to any section of the human race, […]
August 6, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions has learnt with great sadness the passing away of the trade union stalwart and leader of the working class […]
August 6, 2020
Robert Mugabe was ‘disposed’ of by the very forces he did everything within his power to protect and nurture, that is, the armed forces, and the […]
August 3, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) note with horror the crime statistics released by the Minister of Police, Mr Bhekokwakhe Cele accounting for the […]
August 3, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) founding congress in April 2017 warned our members and the entire country that both of the ANC’s contending […]
July 29, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions has consistently opposed the need to borrow from the international financial institutions for reasons we will once more outline […]
July 24, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions – SAFTU notes the message of President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered on the evening of the 23 July 2020. SAFTU […]
July 17, 2020
Last night, the police in the province fired rubber bullets on a group of Community Healthcare Workers (mostly womxn) as they occupied Dukhumbane Building, Department of […]
July 16, 2020
The Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey, published on 15 July, exposes an appalling and unprecedented economic and human catastrophe. It exposes the cruelty of a government and […]
July 15, 2020
On Monday 06 July at 9am, Eastern Cape Community Health Care Workers together with other civic organizations handed over a Memorandum to the Eastern Cape Department […]
July 4, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions is appalled at the disaster at a mine in Myanmar which has taken the lives of at least 170 […]
July 2, 2020
A stingy Treasury and hasty capitalists are creating unprecedented pain! Covid-19 is striking us the working class hard, and deep. The 2% decline in the year-on-year […]
June 27, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions condemns the remarks reported to have been made by Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng in a webinar on 23 June […]
June 25, 2020
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni did not surprise SAFTU or anyone who has come to know what he represents. He began his speech by confirming to Cyril […]
June 24, 2020
We are mired in a Great Depression, and workers are again taking the greatest pain. StatsSA released its Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) on June 23, […]
June 23, 2020
The Treasury, representing financial-sector and corporate power, and burdened by extreme neoliberal ideology and a Western mini-me value system, is going to impose on South Africa […]
June 19, 2020
Women’s Lives Matter! The South African Federation of Trade Unions is sickened and outraged at the latest murders of women – Tshegofatso Pule, found hanging from […]
June 17, 2020
The South African Federation of Trade Unions congratulates its affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), on its important victory in the Labour […]
June 16, 2020
At the time when the Black Lives Matter campaign is spreading across the world, it is more important than ever for South Africans and the world […]
