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The 1973 Durban strikes are widely cited by academics as a turning point in South Africa's industrial relations system as it gave rise to the black trade union movement [10] [3] [2] [11] and was a major step forward in the struggle to build a mass democratic opposition to apartheid which played a central role in the struggle for the ...
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. ... 1973 Durban strikes, part of the Durban Moment in South Africa.
South Africa has a sizable automotive industry, which is largely export-oriented. [1] The sector employs approximately 110,000 South Africans. [3] Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, exports and production for the county's automotive industry fell by about one-third, and the industry's proportion of South Africa's total gross domestic product (GDP) fell from 6.4% to 4.9%. [1]
South Africa's largest labour union group, with more than a million and a half members, said on Wednesday it would stage a nationwide strike on Feb. 13 over large-scale layoffs at ailing state ...
Pages in category "Labour disputes in South Africa" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ... 2007 South Africa miners' strike;
The 2007 South African public servants' strike was a general strike of workers in the public sector of South Africa. It was led by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), which is currently in a labour/political alliance with the governing African National Congress (ANC) party of Thabo Mbeki (since succeeded by Jacob Zuma).
The South African Mine Workers' Strike was a labour dispute involving mine workers of Witwatersrand in South Africa. It started on 12 August 1946 and lasted approximately a week. The strike was attacked by police and over the week, at least 1,248 workers were wounded and at least nine killed.
The GDP of South Africa contracted in the first quarter of 2014, pulled down by the steepest drop in mining production (25% of which 19% was directly attributable to the strike) in 50 years. [1] [6] It was the first contraction since 2009. [8] Fitch Ratings downgraded its outlook on South Africa to "negative" from "stable". [1]