The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is taking to the streets once again — this time to the National Treasury in Pretoria — to demand that government terminate contracts with private security companies accused of defrauding workers. The march, scheduled for Friday, is part of Numsa’s ongoing campaign to expose and challenge what it describes as “widespread and systematic exploitation” in the private security industry. Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola said it was a disgrace that security guards…

The Judicial Officers Association of South Africa (JOASA) said they have no other conclusion except to believe that their long-overdue salary reviews are deliberately being snubbed by the state and the Independent Remuneration Commission (IRC). This after magistrates across the country embarked on a peaceful protest outside Parliament in Cape Town and handed over a memorandum, giving the presidency two weeks to fast-track the salary adjustments. The organisation’s president magistrate Neelan Karikan told YOUFM Newshour that magistrates’ salaries were adjusted…

A group of smaller political parties in Johannesburg, calling themselves the Minority Governing Parties (MGP), have tabled a motion of no confidence against Mayor Dada Morero — but insist the move is not meant to collapse the ANC-led coalition government. The MGP, which includes parties such as Al Jama-ah, the African Transformation Movement (ATM), and the African Housing Confederation (AHC), accuses Morero of presiding over a “collapse in governance,” “administrative capture,” and “political interference” in the city’s operations. “The MGP…