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Month: December 2025

A Year of Struggle, Breakthroughs, Renewal and Working-Class Resolve

December 30, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

  The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) extends revolutionary end-of-year greetings to all affiliates, leaders, shop stewards, members and the broader working class. […]

FESTIVE GREETINGS FROM THE 2ND DEPUTY PRESIDENT AND ACTING PRESIDENT OF SAFTU.

December 23, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

Comrades,On behalf of the leadership of the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), I convey revolutionary and heartfelt festive greetings to all our affiliates, […]

SAFTU CONDEMNS ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS AROUND COMMUNITIES IN THE NORTH WEST.

December 23, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns in the strongest terms the rampant and illegal digging of minerals in and around communities in […]

SAFTU WELCOMES THE HIGH COURT DECISION TO BLOCK ESKOM’S R54 BILLION TARIFF CLAWBACK.

December 23, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) welcomes the Pretoria High Court’s decisive ruling setting aside Eskom’s R54 billion tariff clawback arrangement with the […]

THE LATEST QES CONFIRMS A DEEPENING JOBS BLOODBATH AND MANUFACTURING COLLAPSE.

December 11, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) notes with deep alarm the latest Quarterly Employment and Earnings (QES), September 2025 results released by Statistics South Africa […]

SAFTU CELEBRATES THE LANDMARK VICTORY OF EPWP WORKERS IN ETHEKWINI.

December 11, 2025 SAFTU Admin 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) salutes the Municipal and Allied Trade Union of South Africa (MATUSA) for securing a historic and transformative […]

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17 Aug

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), in collaboration with the ETDP SETA, invites passionate and committed unemployed graduates to apply for its 12-month Media Internship Programme.

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SAFTU ON THE NKANENG MINE TRAGEDY: ILLEGAL MINING IS A DEADLY CONSEQUENCE OF ABANDONMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT AND THE FAILURE OF THE EXTRACTIVIST MINING MODEL

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SAFTU CONDEMNS THE CITY OF JOHANNESBURG MAYOR’S SHAMEFUL CONTEMPT FOR WORKERS AS DEMAWUSA MEMBERS ENTER THEIR THIRD DAY OF SIT-IN

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SAFTU General Secretary Zwelinzima Vavi weighs in on the outcomes and impact of the discussions.


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SAFTU does not own the rights to this footage. Used for commentary and public interest purposes.
SAFTU rejects News24 Jobs Conference as a false consensus pushing failed neoliberal policies
SAFTU General Secretary weighs in on the newly instituted National Minimum Wage.
NUMSA Sector Coordinator Frederick Mabasa speaks on SAFM about the ongoing crisis at Mafoko Security, where workers have allegedly gone unpaid. He outlines the hardships faced by security guards, including delayed or non-payment of wages and unpaid statutory benefits, and explains the union’s concerns about labour law violations. Mabasa places the issue within the broader problem of exploitation in the private security sector and calls for accountability, enforcement by regulators, and protection of workers’ rights.
NUMSA’s Frederick Mabasa on SAFM: Mafoko Security’s Failure to Pay Workers
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