The Conference of the Left in South Africa has brought together a wide range of left-wing political parties, socialist organizations, and progressive movements in an effort to forge greater unity, coordination, and collective action among working-class forces.

NUMSA was involved in consultations on the fate of workers affected by the closure of Goodyear Tires, which left hundreds unemployed. The union also offered proposals on what should be done to safeguard and revive the industry.

40 organizations represented in the protest allege that the 65 proposed amendments to labor laws allow dismissals of workers on accusation of misdemeanors without formal hearing, increase casualization, and incentivize large-scale retrenchments and outsourcing to downsize businesses.

While Trump’s 25% tariffs on auto imports will likely have a considerable impact on South Africa’s export-oriented auto-industry, it nevertheless has much scope to diversify and reorganize production for local markets.

The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water supply in its attempt to crackdown on unlicensed mining.

With more than 60% of membership of the entire organisation being women, the Congress held on 9 August, South Africa’s National Women’s Day was an important part of the movement’s commitment to building women’s power from below.

The Court has granted urgent relief sought by NUMSA and 18 other applicants to exempt public hospitals, schools, and police stations from rotational power cuts, recognizing that load shedding infringed upon constitutional rights. A decision on Part B of the application seeking final relief is awaited.

An application filed by NUMSA along with other trade unions, political parties, and civil society groups seeks urgent action to end load-shedding and a recent hike in electricity tariffs by Eskom as power outages endanger South Africa’s infrastructure and economy 

Phakamile Hlubi-Majola, Spokesperson of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa, explains the devastating energy crisis in South Africa and how it might pave the way for greater privatization of the sector

South Africa is sitting on a tinderbox, says Irvin Jim, General Secretary of the country’s largest trade union NUMSA. The solution is to foster a spirit of solidarity which will have to come from people’s struggles and movements