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Buwa Basebetsi is a platform for the worker, by the worker. Here we'll be sharing all you need to know about your right as a worker, as well as what you should do if those rights are not met. Buwa Basebetsi is produced by the Casual Worker Advice Office in partnership with Simunye Workers Forum.
Weekly English South Africa Education · Non-Profit
43 Episodes
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Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet Protest - Injured Workers

The SWF has been informed that several casual workers have been seriously injured over the past week in the Mister Sweet factory after Mister Sweet bosses put pressure on them to handle dangerous and unfamiliar machinery. Mister Sweet has also allegedly breached s17 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act…
25 Sep 4 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mister Sweet Protest - Week 4

The Mister Sweet strike is in its fourth week and is taking its toll on striking workers. From the 19th of August workers have been demanding R19 500 as their basic salary, but their employer is sticking to their 7% increase across the board. This is despite Mister Sweet being…
20 Sep 4 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet Protest - Labour Court victory

The Simunye Workers Forum union has defeated Mister Sweet's attempts to bring an interdict against the strike at its factory in Johannesburg which began on 19 August. Johannesburg Labour Court judge J Daniels recently ruled that the employer was unable to show any link between the alleged violence they complained…
12 Sep 4 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet Protest - Week 3

In this episode of Buwa Basebetsi updates, we continue to report live from the Mr Sweet protest, as it is now in it's third week. Workers continue to picket outside the Mr Sweet factory as they demand a minimum wage of R19 500 and an across the board increase of…
4 Sep 2 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet Press Statement

The strike at Mr Sweet is now in its second week. Workers began striking on Monday, 19 August. They are picketing at Mr Sweet, Corner of Dekema and Bezuidenhout Roads, Wadeville in Gauteng. Simunye Workers' Forum condemns bosses for locking workers out and threatening workers with reduction in wage offer…
26 Aug 3 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Mr Sweet workers protest

In this episode of our Buwa Basebetsi Update we bring you the latest developments on the current protest taking place at Mr Sweet in Wadeville. We hear directly from the workers on the ground, and get an overview on the reasons behind the strike.
24 Aug 14 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Reality of asylum seekers

In this episode of Buwa Basebetsi Updates we look at the the reality of asylum seeker in South Africa, focusing on two individuals from Diepsloot, Gauteng. We carry out this analysis with the help of an article by Kimberly Mutandiro published in GroundUp.
8 Aug 4 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Olympic Games 2024

In this episode of Buwa Basebetsi Updates we look at the Olympics Games, focusing on Israel's participation. We carry out this analysis with the help of an article by Hassan Lorgat published in the Media Review Network website.
8 Aug 5 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: Strike Barometer

Strikes tell us much about the state of the class struggle, including how militant and organised workers are, the main issues they are mobilising around, and which workers are leading struggles against the bosses. Strike statistics and analyses are therefore critical for anyone interested in building the workers' movement in…
8 Aug 5 min

Buwa Basebetsi Updates: School Registration Assistance

As part of our contribution to the community we are offering free support with school registration. The Casual Workers Advice Office, Simunye Workers Forum and Simunye Women Workers Forum know the challenges community members face in day-to-day life and we are aware that things are difficult economically for the masses…
11 Jul 4 min

Episode 13 - Part 2: Know Your Rights

In this episode of Know Your Rights, we continue with the focus on the Unemployment Insurance Fund, better known as UIF. We break down and explain what it is, and the conditions that exist around it. Also providing you with the remedies workers have it their employer's go against the…
10 May 9 min

Episode 13 - Part 1: Know Your Rights - UIF

In this episode of Know Your Rights, we focus on the Unemployment Insurance Fund, better known as UIF. We break down and explain what it is, and the conditions that exist around it. Also providing you with the remedies workers have it their employer's go against the guidelines set out…
3 May 12 min

The Casual Workers’ Advice Office Strike Barometer for 2023

Inside the report: There were 83 strikes in 2023, a slight decrease over the 86 strikes we documented in 2022. This continues the pattern of relatively low number of strikes annually since the 165 strikes of 2018. Forty one of the 83 strikes occurred in the public sector. This figure…
30 Apr 3 min

Buwa Basebetsi Update

This week in Buwa Basebetsi Update we look at the organising efforts by Casual Workers Advice Office and our weekly household Index in our Economic Observer which looks at how the economy affects the working class purse
26 Apr 3 min

Episode 12: Know Your Rights - The New Minimum Wage

In this episode of Know Your Rights, we focus on the New Minimum Wage. We break down and explain what it is, and the conditions that exist around it. Also providing you with the remedies workers have it their employer's go against the guidelines set out in this right. Buwa…
24 Apr 7 min
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