NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION Hospital strikes causes disruptions as public servants down tools, Chris Hani Baragwanath hardest hit 7 min 3 By Tamsin Metelerkamp, Estelle Ellis, Naledi Sikhakhane, Lungi Langa and Bheki C Simelane
NATIONAL SHUTDOWN Bringing SA to a halt — 800,000 public servants set to go on wage strike 3 min 13 By Michelle Banda
GROUNDUP POVERTY ALLEVIATION Labour unions reject government proposals to replace SRD grant 3 min 0 By Tariro Washinyira
AMABHUNGANE ‘Hijacked’ nurses’ union Ynitu curiously sides with suspended Tembisa hospital boss 9 min 2 By Mefika Ndlangamandla for amaBhungane
RISING EXPENSES Cost of living in SA reaches critical highs for rich and poor alike 5 min 0 By Rebecca Davis and Neesa Moodley
WEDNESDAY NATIONAL SHUTDOWN Jobs, crime and cost of food, transport and electricity top marchers’ litany of woe 5 min 2 By Victoria O’Regan
WEDNESDAY NATIONAL SHUTDOWN SA largely ignores union calls for mass stayaway — but concerns ‘fair and factual’, admits government 6 min 0 By Daily Maverick Reporters
WEDNESDAY NATIONAL SHUTDOWN ANALYSIS Civil society shows its support for trade unions’ cost of living protests 5 min 0 By Mark Heywood
WEDNESDAY PROTEST Pickets get under way as fresh stats reflect growing cost-of-living crisis in South Africa 6 min 4 By Daily Maverick Reporters
WEDNESDAY PROTEST High living costs and poor pay: what led to the call for a national shutdown? 3 min 0 By Daily Maverick Team
AFTER THE BELL South Africa’s 'oxymoronic' national stayaway has very little going for it 3 min 16 By Unknown Author
WEDNESDAY SHUTDOWN Embattled ANC staff to join nationwide strike in solidarity with Cosatu 3 min 8 By Queenin Masuabi
TUESDAY EDITORIAL South Africa’s spiralling social crisis – ‘act now or watch the powder keg explode’ 7 min 4 By Mark Heywood
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 22-26 AUGUST This week – remembering Babita Deokaran, Saftu shutdown and gender-based violence at higher learning institutions 5 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
GROUNDUP Numsa spokesperson in defamation row as union spat continues 2 min 0 By James Stent for GroundUp
GROUNDUP UNION DISUNITY Saftu and Numsa clash as national shutdown looms 4 min 0 By James Stent for GroundUp
PROTEST NATION Saftu and allies plan national shutdown on 24 August to demand a better life for the working class 5 min 3 By Mark Heywood
CIVIL SOCIETY WATCH 4 - 8 JULY This week — Calls for mass action over cost of living and compilation of HIV Language Compendium 6 min 0 By Tamsin Metelerkamp
