The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will be publicly launching its Special National Congress (SNC) Discussion Documents this coming Sunday December 01, 2013, Sunnyside Park Hotel, 2 York Road, Parktown, Johannesburg, Gauteng province. The Special National Congress

“We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity…the fight for freedom must go on until it is won, until our country is free and happy

Workers have demonstrated exceptional bravery in taking the bosses head on and challenging a sector where the lowest paid worker must survive on R 1814.04 per month. Selfish, stubborn and arrogant motor employers The motor industry strike took four weeks

In the past weeks, the nation woke up to the sad news of the passing of former Numsa deputy general secretary Bheki Patrick (Magagula) Msibi. Cde Bheki was born on the 15th March 1965 in Dube, Soweto, Johannesburg. He attended

Institutionalised factionalism is almost turning Cosatu into what the September Commission report called a “ sikorokoro”. In this scenario, the federation fails in its responsibility to engage on political issues, fight for better rights and working conditions for workers and

The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has been receiving a number of calls or queries, particularly from various media houses, including from individual journalists, pertaining to Numsa’s court challenge on the unprecedented and unconstitutional suspension of COSATU’s

Negotiations continued on Monday September 16 but no deal was sealed. Employers insisted that they want us to give them an undertaking on the peace clause. This peace clause will prevent strikes on every issue while the agreement is in