UASA welcomes Employment and Labour Minister Thulas Nxesi’s decision to allow workers who do not qualify for UIF claims to apply for the Temporary Employer/Employee Relief Scheme (Ters) benefit.

UASA is pleased with Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that the South African economy will be to a large extent allowed to return to normal as from 1 June 2020, under lockdown level 3 regulations.

Africa Day, the annual commemoration of the foundation of the African Union (AU) previously known as the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), came into existence 57 years ago and has been celebrated on 25 May ever since. The day also serves as a...

 UASA wrote to the chairperson of the Denel board Ms. Monhla Hlahla, seeking clarity on the salaries matter but without any success.

UASA members in the personal care sector (hair & beauty) are ready to start operating again while fighting the spread of Covid-19.

As we look forward to the introduction and implementation of lockdown with level 3 regulations in South Africa at the end of the month, UASA is steadfast in its belief that returning to economic activities in conjunction with adhering to stringent...

The Monetary Policy Committee of the South African Reserve Bank has made the correct decision by lowering the repo rate once more by 50 basis points to 3.75%.

UASA has written to Monhla Hlahla, chairperson of the Denel board, expressing our dismay at and rejecting CEO Danie du Toit’s letter regarding Denel’s unilateral decision to not pay its employees for 3 months.  

UASA is pleased to see that government is getting involved in saving jobs at the mines.

State-owned enterprise Denel is, again, in no position to pay its employees at the end of May with clear indications that it won’t be able to do so at the end of June and July either.

UASA welcomes the activation yesterday of the multi-billion loan guarantee scheme announced by Pres. Cyril Ramaphosa last month.

UASA is incensed at the news that state-owned company Denel did not make third party payment towards UIF, SARS, or pension funds on behalf of its employees for the month of April.

UASA notes with concern the application for business rescue by Comair, the British Airways franchise operating in South Africa. 

As from tomorrow, Wednesday, 6 May 2020, the fuel price will be at its lowest since September 2016.

UASA is pleased with the announcement by Minister of Labour and Employment, Thulas Nxesi, that the department is placing special attention on how they can financially assist independent professionals also known as freelancers who have been affected by the...

Today, on Workers’ Day, UASA celebrated its newest sector – the Independent Professional Sector.

Before schools are opened and our children are sent back into the world, all possible health and safety measures to protect them and their teachers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus should be in place.

Click here for the Reassessment and Reconsideration of the current level 1 status.

UASA is pleased that some of the lockdown restrictions will be lifted as from 1 May 2020, while we are, at the same time, also reassured by the remaining strict measures towards containing the spread of the virus as much as possible.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of International Earth Day observed on 22 April annually, UASA would like to urge South Africans to stand together, adapt andpractice environmental conservation.