Workers’ Parliament in 2025 – Another platform to address Workers Issues

The KZN Legislature continues to provide the labour sector with a platform to raise issues that affect them. To this effect, the Legislature gathered at its annual Workers Parliament event on 16 May 2025 as part of the Workers Month to bear testimony to this commitment.

The historical sacrifices of Workers were celebrated in Darnacol in Amajuba District on the 16 May 2025. The Legislature describes this year’s Workers Parliament as another huge success. This parliament saw a gathering of three major Federations in the Province, FEDUSA, NACTU, and COSATU.

The 80 delegates parliament held under the theme  Unite for Jobs, Reject Austerity, Build an Economy for All, kicked off on the 15 May where four Commissions discussing various topics or issues that affect the working class were deliberated on, and these were Challenges, Compliance, and Opportunities for Worker Empowerment with a special focus on Current energy and mining challenges, Pillars of the Mining Charter, specifically the beneficiation and workers’ conditions, Mining rights and community impact: Spotlight on Dannhauser. Strengthening Compliance and Justice for Workers in KZN, OHSA compliance and investigations, Ballito, SAPPI/FARMUSA fatalities, and exploitation and undocumented foreign workers and the Employer accountability and intervention strategies. These were amongst many other issues discussed.

The parliament ended on the 16 May 2025 with resolutions to address the above challenges. “Indeed, we were able to reflect on the challenges facing our workers, and we made a clarion call through the  resolutions to our government to intervene where necessary to improve working conditions of the working class. We look forward to next year as the Premier will deliver on the milestone his government will have gone to implement the resolutions”, said Cosatu Provincial Secretary, Edwin Mkhize.