April 13, 2021
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has read with utter shock the letter penned by President Cyril Ramaphosa to the people of our beautiful […]
April 7, 2021
Today, 6th of April, marks the 369th anniversary of the arrival of Dutch settlers in South Africa. The first settlers aimed at establishing trading posts and […]
April 1, 2021
ELECTRICITY PRICE HIKES ENGINEERED BY CROOKS From today, 1st of April 2021, electricity prices are going up by 15%, at a time the rate of inflation […]
April 1, 2021
The national lockdown update by Cyril Ramaphosa on 30 March 2021 revealed that government is failing, even faster, in the roll-out program of the Covid-19 vaccine. […]
March 30, 2021
SAFTU welcomes the release of the report on public order policing which was commissioned as per recommendations of the Farlam Commission. In the wake of the […]
March 25, 2021
In the middle of a battle that is being waged against financial exclusions in pursuit of free education, the ‘communist’ minister, Blade Nzimande, has recklessly likened […]
March 24, 2021
Today, the 24th March is World TB Day commemorating the devastating economic and social consequences of this illness. SAFTU fully supports the call by the Treatment […]
March 23, 2021
SAFTU support artists who have entered a fourth week of protest against the irregularities in the disbursement of Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) funds aimed at […]
March 17, 2021
In the wake of Marikana Massacre, Farlam Commission concluded the section of its report on public order policing with recommendations for training of police officers in […]
March 11, 2021
The head of the World Health Organisation warned that the world faces a “catastrophic moral failure” if we continue the path of unequal Covid vaccine distribution. […]
March 10, 2021
SAFTU is alarmed by the eruption of yet another wave of Xenophobic violence and attacks occurring in eThekwini. Foreign nationals from African countries have seen their […]
March 10, 2021
Students at Wits are embarking on a strike, demanding the university register all returning students who due to student debt may not be able to continue […]
March 9, 2021
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) is disgusted by Steinhoff’s continued arrogance and gross insensitivity. The CEO of the company, Louis du Preez, will […]
March 9, 2021
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has noted with a deep sense of sadness the capitalist economy’s performance in the last quarter of 2020. […]
March 9, 2021
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) has previously approached Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane to intervene after Eskom launched an investigation against its general manager […]
March 9, 2021
In 1911, three years before the start of the first imperialist war, WWI, socialist women activists gathered in Copenhagen for a women’s conference. In this conference […]
March 6, 2021
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) warmly welcomes the Judicial Conduct Committee (JCC), which in a 67-page report, called on Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng […]
February 24, 2021
SAFTU rejects the 2021-22 Budget Statement presented on behalf of the ANC government by the Minister of Finance. It is a typically arrogant and business-as-usual Budget, […]
February 24, 2021
SAFTU condemns in the strongest terms possible the arrest of its leaders in the Western Cape and demands their immediate and unconditional release The South […]
