"South Africa: Over 940 000 Working Days Lost to Protests", 28 Sept 2017

The Department of Labour's Acting Director General, Vuyo Mafata, on Thursday released the Industrial Action Report for 2016, which shows that the South African labour market lost a total of 946 323 working days as a result of 122 work stoppages. This, according to the report, represents a 4.7% increase in working days lost in 2016 compared to 903 921 days in 2015. Launching the report, Mafata said most of the work stoppages were due to wages, bonus and other compensation demands..."The strike report remains a useful piece of up-to-date information for various stakeholders including government departments, unions, employers, business, international organisations, research institutes, NGOs and students. "The report provides a detailed account of companies affected by work stoppages and disaggregates information by province, duration, industries, nature and reasons of strikes," Mafata said.