Labour Research Service

25/05/2026

Some CEOs in South Africa earn more in a single day than many workers earn in years.

While millions of workers are fighting to survive inflation, rising food prices, transport costs, electricity increases, and growing insecurity at work, executive pay continues to soar.

Labour Research Service has analysed the top ten highest-paid CEOs in South Africa in 2025, and the figures reveal the deep inequality shaping the world of work.

Read more here: https://bit.ly/4dKOrHY

12/03/2026

06/03/2026

On International Women’s Day, care workers in South Africa send solidarity greetings to care workers across the world, and to all women workers who sustain our communities.

We demand recognition, dignity and decent work for all care workers. We are the hands that heal and the hearts that hold. Honour the work that makes us whole.

Happy International Women’s Day from care workers in South Africa!

In solidarity,
Community Health Workers, Food Handlers, and Early Childhood Development (ECD) Practitioners

11/02/2026

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07/02/2026

IFWEA affilate Labour Research Service reminds us that 7 February is Care Workers Day:
Care work keeps our communities alive.
Care workers are not volunteers. They are workers.
Without care work, nothing works.
The LRS calls on the Trade Union Movement to honour the work that makes us whole.

07/02/2026

Care Worker Demand no. 5:

Care workers understand where systems fail and what communities need. Nothing about care work should be decided without care workers at the table.

This call is made in collaboration with:

• The South African Care Workers’ Forum
• Early Childhood Development practitioners organised by SADTU
• Food Handlers in Gauteng

📣 Honour the work that makes us whole, not with words, but with influence.



SAGE Fund Gender at Work SADTU National Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa Equality Collective

07/02/2026

Care Worker Demand no. 4:

Care workers must have access to accredited training, clear career progression and long-term economic security.

This call is made in collaboration with:

• The South African Care Workers’ Forum
• Early Childhood Development practitioners organised by SADTU
• Food Handlers in Gauteng

📣 Honour the work that makes us whole, not with words, but with deconomic security.



SAGE Fund Gender at Work SADTU National Office FES Trade Union Competence Centre Sub-Saharan Africa - TUCC Equality Collective

07/02/2026

Care Worker Demand no. 3:

Care workers must be recognised through correct and formal job titles. Accurate titles shape how care work is valued, paid and protected.

This call is made in collaboration with:

• The South African Care Workers’ Forum
• Early Childhood Development practitioners organised by SADTU
• Food Handlers in Gauteng

📣 Honour the work that makes us whole, not with words, but with job protection.



The SAGE Fund Gender at Work SADTU National Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa Equality Collective

07/02/2026

Care Worker Demand no. 2:

Government must ensure formal employment, job security, UIF, sick leave, parental leave and safe workplaces, essential for gender justice and effective public services.

This call is made in collaboration with:
• The South African Care Workers’ Forum
• Early Childhood Development practitioners organised by SADTU
• Food Handlers in Gauteng

📣 Honour the work that makes us whole, not with words, but with dignified working conditions.



The SAGE Fund Gender at Work SADTU National Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa Equality Collective

07/02/2026

Care Worker Demand No. 1:

The government must pay a living wage that reflects the skills, responsibilities, and social value of care work.

This call is made in collaboration with:
• The South African Care Workers’ Forum
• Early Childhood Development practitioners organised by SADTU
• Food Handlers in Gauteng

Honour the work that makes us whole, not with words, but with wages.



The SAGE Fund Gender at Work SADTU National Office Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung South Africa Equality Collective