Trade unions in South Africa have played a decisive role in the country's history. The first trade unions were established in the early 1870s when European settlers were driving industrial development ...

While the groups welcomed the political pressure placed on the ANC government, they rejected the withdrawal of aid and the ...

Negotiations for a preferential trade area between India and the Southern African Customs Union ... the Global South agenda. South Africa has a strong political history with India, dating back ...

Were you told that gold mining in southern Africa started after 1852? Or that the export of iron, steel, copper and gold ...

The so-called land question has been a decades-long dilemma for South Africa. A new law seeks to right some of the wrongs of ...

South Africa has a trade surplus of R36 billion ... which amounts to billions in benefits. In 2024, trade union Solidarity said trade with the United States provides jobs to 426,000 South Africans.

South Africa’s police have resorted to medieval military tactics against illegal miners. But the solution lies elsewhere: massive regional economic repair.

The 38th African Union summit in Addis Ababa started with the ... one from each region – had to be replaced by vote at this summit. In Southern Africa, Namibia was replaced by Eswatini after South ...

The 1990s brought some positive changes. With the end of the Cold War, dozens of African countries experienced ...

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu ... gap and pay workers a living wage. The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) also said it was deeply concerned about ...

Removal from the trade act, which is up for renewal this year, would be a serious blow to South Africa’s agricultural industry, especially citrus farmers, and the automotive industry.