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Labour Law & Unions

Fired for posing like a marketing cutout: Why the CCMA and Labour Court said "unfair"

Shan Radcliffe 1 day

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Labour Law

Dismissing for incapacity? Why medical boarding must be explored first

Pascale Towers and Chloë Loubser 29 Jul 2026

The Labour Court has ruled that nine employees fired for picketing were in fact practising wedding songs. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Labour Law

Worker “picket” may have been a wedding rehearsal, says court

Tania Broughton 22 Jul 2026

Beyond 16 Days campaign targets failures in GBV response

ESG & Sustainability

Beyond 16 Days campaign targets failures in GBV response

19 Dec 2025

These blocks of flats in Kalk Bay, built in the 1940s, have been inhabited by generations of fishing families. The families are concerned that high water bills are threatening their ability to keep living here. Photos: Liezl Human

Food, Water & Energy Security

We’re being pushed out, say Kalk Bay fishing families

Liezl Human 9 Oct 2025

Dozens of people, many of them health workers, picketed outside Red Cross Hospital on Thursday. Photos: Matthew Hirsch

Ethics & Medicolegal

Health workers picket for flotilla to be protected

Matthew Hirsch 3 Oct 2025

About 200 activists marched to the Constitutional Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday to support Wild Coast communities opposing seismic surveys and oil exploration rights granted to Shell and Impact Africa. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Activists march against Shell’s oil exploration

Ihsaan Haffejee and Thamsanqa Mbovane 17 Sep 2025

Navigating the gendered complexities of South Africa’s financial landscape

Financial Services

Navigating the gendered complexities of South Africa’s financial landscape

Issued by Irvine Partners 4 Sep 2025

Refuse workers block the gates to Durban’s solid waste depot. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Durban waste workers protest over salary cuts

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 3 Sep 2025

Hundreds of people protested outside the Cape Town Civic Centre on Monday. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsala

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Disability organisations protest against Dial-a-Ride cuts

Mary-Anne Gontsana 26 Aug 2025

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Legal

Cape Union Mart and pro-Palestine activists gear up for court battle

Matthew Hirsch and Daniel Steyn 11 Aug 2025

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Labour Law

Labour Court reminds political parties not to get involved in labour disputes

Rosalind Davey and Mbali Mnyandu 8 Aug 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Higher Education

CPUT students protest against their “dire” accommodation

Marecia Damons 10 Feb 2025

Early childhood development groups picket for increased funding

Early Childhood Development

Early childhood development groups picket for increased funding

Silver Sibiya 21 Nov 2024

A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa as members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) embark on a strike action over a wage dispute in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 May 2022. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Labour Law & Unions

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over job cuts

Nelson Banya 14 Nov 2024

Community health workers, supported by Nehawu, picketed outside the Labour Court in Johannesburg on Tuesday. Photo: Silver Sibiya/GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Community health workers picket outside Labour Court

Silver Sibiya 30 Oct 2024

Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers in eThekwini municipality have been protesting since Friday to be insourced by the City. Photo: Tsoanelo Sefoloko / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Public Works workers picket in Durban, demanding to be insourced

Tsoanelo Sefoloko 23 Jul 2024

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Agriculture

Farm workers demand transparency on pesticide regulations

Liezl Human 8 Jul 2024

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Primary & Secondary Education

Thousands of special needs learners still not placed at schools

Mary-Anne Gontsana 5 Jun 2024

Members of non-profit organisations funded by the Gauteng Department of Social Development protested last week because of delays in funding allocations and subsidy payments. Photo: Masego Mafata / GroundUp

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

Court orders Gauteng government to pay non-profit organisations

Masego Mafata 24 May 2024

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Primary & Secondary Education

Years of protests pay off as Eastern Cape village gets new high school

Johnnie Isaac 19 Mar 2024

Members of the University of Cape Town Employees Union (UCTEU) are on strike. They are demanding a 1.5% increase to 2023 salaries and a 7.5% increase to 2024 salaries, among other demands. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks /GroundUp

Higher Education

Waive 'no work no pay' principle, say striking UCT workers

Liezl Human 14 Feb 2024

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Labour Law

Strike misconduct - you don't have to be violent to get fired

Lizle Louw and Amy King 12 Feb 2024

Environmental activists came together to picket outside Parliament to oppose TotalEnergies’ offshore drilling for oil and gas. Photo: Qaqamba Falintenjwa | GroundUp

Environment & Natural Resources

Activists demand end to TotalEnergies offshore drilling

Qaqamba Falithenjwa 6 Nov 2023

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

Exhibitions & Events

All the Sapro Best Recycled Plastic Product Awards 2023 winners

3 Oct 2023

Single women outpacing men, married couples in property ownership

Residential Property

Single women outpacing men, married couples in property ownership

1 Aug 2023

Media Freedom

Sanef pickets with Karyn Maughan as she challenges private prosecution

22 Mar 2023

Distell workers down tools and picket

FMCG

Distell workers down tools and picket

Liezl Human 8 Feb 2023

Popularity of sectional title homes continues to surge in SA

Residential Property

Popularity of sectional title homes continues to surge in SA

5 Jan 2023

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Labour Law & Unions

Using picketing rules and the Code on Harassment to mitigate strike-related violence

Brett Abraham & Nonjabulo Mthembu 28 Oct 2022

Source: Kimberly Mutandiro. Hundreds of union members and supporters marched in Pretoria on Wednesday demanding measures against the high cost of living.

Economy

Wednesday of discontent: workers picket around the country

Vincent Lali and Kimberly Mutandiro 25 Aug 2022

Sars workers, supported by Nehawu and PSA members, picket outside the Cape Town office on Tuesday for salary increases ahead of the nationwide strike on Wednesday. Photo: Marecia Damons / GroundUp

Labour Law & Unions

Sars workers picket for salary increases ahead of nationwide strike

Marecia Damons 24 May 2022

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Labour Law & Unions

Grass-hopping, go slows and strikes - definitions and differences

Bronwyn Marques 10 May 2022

Striking Clover workers marched through the streets of Sandton on Thursday. Photo: Masego Mafata.

FMCG

Striking Clover workers march through Sandton and picket at Israeli trade office

Masego Mafata 28 Jan 2022

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

FMCG

Hundreds of Clover workers picket outside Department of Trade

Masego Mafata 14 Jan 2022

FMCG

Clover boycott heats up in Pick n Pay

13 Jan 2022

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

FMCG

Striking Clover workers to get overdue bonuses by Friday

Chris Gilili 11 Jan 2022

Climate activists picket at parliament, accuse COP26 of excluding African farmers

Climate Change

Climate activists picket at parliament, accuse COP26 of excluding African farmers

Marecia Damons 8 Nov 2021

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Materials & Equipment

Workers and police clash as Numsa steel strike continues

Masego Mafata 13 Oct 2021

CCMA upholds dismissal of Spar workers in Gqeberha for violating picket rules

Labour Law

CCMA upholds dismissal of Spar workers in Gqeberha for violating picket rules

Joseph Chirume 6 Aug 2021

Carrying weapons during strike action can get you dismissed

Labour Law

Carrying weapons during strike action can get you dismissed

Lizle Louw, Shane Johnson and Justin de Wet 14 Apr 2021

#OnTheBigScreen: Songbird, Adopt A Daddy

Film

#OnTheBigScreen: Songbird, Adopt A Daddy

Daniel Dercksen 18 Feb 2021

#PulpNonFiction: The amorality of morality marketing

Publishing

#PulpNonFiction: The amorality of morality marketing

Bronwyn Williams 15 Feb 2021

#BizTrends2021: Bronwyn Williams: From small words to big ideas.

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Bronwyn Williams: From small words to big ideas.

9 Feb 2021

Bronwyn Williams, director, FluxTrends

Trends

#BizTrends2021: A small idea can change the world

Nicci Botha 3 Feb 2021

Supreme Court tears into KZN judge

Law Practice

Supreme Court tears into KZN judge

Tania Broughton 9 Dec 2020