Sars on Friday said it was hoping unions would return to the negotiating table in a bid to avert strike action planned for next week.

Nehawu called off the TVET and CET national strike action after signing a settlement agreement with the department of higher education and training.

Numsa said on Thursday that it has decided to embark on a rolling mass action through a declaration of Section 77 in defense of Eskom.

Trade union Solidarity said on Wednesday that fellow union Amcu needed to act responsibly and in the interests of mine workers/.

World Social Justice Day recognises the need to tackle issues such as poverty, exclusion, unemployment, gender equity to achieve “a society for all”.

Numsa will hold a special national executive committee on Wednesday to discuss the impasse on the lengthy plastics strike.

Cosatu members and other affiliated members marched from Keizersgracht street to Parliament to highlight their concerns over job losses.

Amcu on Tuesday said that it would be embarking on a secondary strike in the platinum and coal sectors next week.

Cosatu's planned national strike has kicked off in Johannesburg as the federation and its affiliates are fighting job losses, corruption and privatisation.

Cosatu is embarking on a national day of strike action against job losses in eight of the nine provinces.

Zimbabwean teachers have suspended a national strike seeking better pay, unions said, but warned they could walk out from their jobs again.

Amcu vowed to continue with its protected strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's gold operations until its demands are met, and mulled a secondary strike.

Unisa has responded to the demands made by Sasco after the student body threatened to embark on a strike at the institution's Sunnyside campus in Pretoria.

The drivers of City to City buses will resume work on Thursday following a strike by long distance bus drivers that left hundreds of travellers stranded.

Amcu has retaliated against Sibanye saying that the miner had resorted to further "underhanded tactics" in an effort to discredit its protected strike.

The HPCSA on Wednesday said employees and unions had been consulted about the restructuring.