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Key labour issues under the spotlight on Workers’ Day
05 May 2026
- Workers’ Day was on 1 May.
- Experts at Stellenbosch University wrote opinion pieces for the media.
- They focused on key issues affecting workers.
Workers’ Day was celebrated on 1 May. In opinion pieces for the media, experts at Stellenbosch University focused on dignity at work, appearance-based discrimination in the workplace, and the safety of mineworkers. Click on the links below to read the articles as published.
- Prof Armand Bam (Is South Africa's economy designed for inequality? – Weekend Argus)
- Dr Aisha Adam (Hidden inequality in SA’s workplaces – Mail & Guardian)
- Sa’eed Fataar, Dr Karel Kruger, Prof Anton Basson & Dr Nicole Taylor (Why we must transform mineworkers from data subjects to active partners – Cape Argus)