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Date: 8 January 2026 ​SUBJECT: LABOUR COURT VINDICATES SAMWU AGAINST UMHLATHUZE MUNICIPALITY’S UNLAWFUL SALARY DEDUCTIONS The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) welcomes yet another decisive victory and vindication in the Labour Court against the uMhlathuze Local Municipality. This victory reaffirms the fundamental rights of workers and underscores that no employer is above the law. […]

31 December 2025 SAMWU 2025 YEAR-END MESSAGE Revolutionary greetings to all SAMWU members, union staff, water sector employees and municipal workers. Firstly, as SAMWU National Office Bearers, we want to take this opportunity to lower our banner in honour of the all union leaders and members that we have lost during the year under review. […]

25 December 2025 A Dark Christmas for uMhlathuze Workers: SAMWU Demands an End to Unlawful Deductions and Inhumane Working Conditions The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Shonamalanga Region strongly condemns the escalating financial abuse and systemic exploitation of employees at the uMhlathuze Municipality. In November 2025, management unilaterally deducted employee salaries without […]

17 December 2025 SAMWU Condemns National Treasury Decision to Withold Municipal Equitable Share The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) expresses its outrage and total rejection of the National Treasury’s reckless decision to freeze the December equitable share allocations for 75 municipalities across the country. This move is nothing short of an act of economic […]

10 December 2025 SAMWU STANDS IN SOLIDARITY WITH AUTONOMOUS UNION OF WATER WORKERS OF SENEGAL AND ITS LEADERSHIP The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU), which organises workers in municipalities and waterboards across South Africa, stands in solidarity with our comrades in the Senegalese water sector, particularly Comrade Oumar Ba, General Secretary of the Autonomous […]

20 November 2025 SAMWU WISHES GOVERNMENT WELL ON HOSTING G20, COMMITS TO INTENSIFYING THE FIGHT FOR WORKERS The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Gauteng proudly notes and appreciates the significant progress registered by our dedicated members and their leadership in the City of Johannesburg and the City of Tshwane. This progress is marked […]

18 November 2025 STATEMENT DELIVERED BY SAMWU PETRUS MASHISHI (JOHANNESBURG) REGION ON THE CONCLUSION OF PFA NEGOTIATIONS ON 18 NOVEMBER 2025 Good morning members of the media, and fellow South Africans. Today, November 18th, 2025, is a very good day for workers in the City of Johannesburg. We want to announce that today, SAMWU concluded […]

12 November 2025 SAMWU CALLS OFF STRIKE SOL PLAATJE STRIKE FOLLOWING LLF AGREEMENT The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in the Northern Cape province confirms that the municipal strike scheduled to commence on 12 November 2025 has been officially called off following a decisive victory for workers’ rights reached this afternoon. Our battle was […]

5 November 2025 SAMWU WELCOMES TSHWANE’S DECISION TO HONOUR SALARY AND WAGE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) notes and welcomes the official statement by Deputy Executive Mayor and MMC for Finance, Cllr Eugene Modise, confirming that the City will not pursue an appeal or review of the South African Local Government […]

4 November 2025 ANTI-WORKER DA CANNOT RULE TSHWANE FROM THE GRAVE The South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) strongly condemns the statement issued by DA Tshwane Cllr Jacqui Uys, which attacks the integrity of the SALGBC ruling and attempts to intimidate the City into defying the law. This is a cynical, desperate, and treasonous attempt […]