ID,Start Date,End Date,Duration,City,Province,Sector,Union,Employer,Type of strike,Strikers,Reason_1,Reason_2,Reason_3
1,2023-01-06,2023-02-07,32,Gqeberha,Eastern Cape,Privatised Public Service,Workers,Libhongolethu IPTS Bus Service,Wildcat,1,Unpaid bonuses,,
2,2023-01-31,2023-01-31,1,Emfuleni,Gauteng,Public,SAMWU,Emfuleni Local Municipality,Protected,1,Unpaid wages,Decaying service delivery,
3,2023-02-01,,,Ekurhuleni,Gauteng,Privatised Public Service,PSWTU,"Ngodvongodvo Security, Zabalaza Security ",Wildcat,1,Unpaid wages,,
4,2023-02-02,,,"Hopetown, Orania, Strydenburg",Northern Cape,Public,SAMWU,Thembelihle Local Municipality,Protected,1,Unpaid wages,Unpaid benefit deductions,
5,2023-02-06,2023-02-06,1,Stellenbosch,Western Cape,Private,SOLIDARITY,Distell,Wildcat,50,Union recognition,,
6,2023-02-14,2023-02-14,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Private,"AWU, KAWU, NUMSA, SATAWU",iMvula Group,Protected,1,Unpaid benefit deductions,,
7,2023-02-22,2023-02-22,1,Cape Town,Western Cape,,SAFTU,National Government,Workplace-related action,1,Against austerity,Against loadshedding,
8,2023-03-01,2023-03-01,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Private,"AWU, KAWU, NUMSA, SATAWU",Mafoko Security Patrol,Protected,350,Unpaid benefit deductions,,
9,2023-03-01,2023-03-01,1,Stellenbosch,Western Cape,Private,TFGWU,Trip Trans Trucking Company,Protected,1,Unpaid benefit deductions,Health and Safety,Unfair surveillance
10,2023-03-03,2023-03-03,1,Fort Beaufort,Eastern Cape,Private,PSWTU,Whispers Security Company,Wildcat,1,Unpaid wages,,
11,2023-03-06,2023-03-06,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Privatised Public Services,SAMWU,Rea Vaya Bus Services,Wildcat,1,Unpaid wages,,
12,2023-03-06,2023-03-16,10,National,National,Public,"PSA, NEHAWU, POPCRU, SAPU, DENOSA, NUPSAW, SAMATU, PAWUSA, SAEPU, HOSPERSA",Department of Public Services and Administration,Protected,1,Wage increase,Benefits increase,
13,2023-03-09,2023-03-09,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,NUPSAW,Gauteng Department of Health,Protected,1,Permanent employment,,
14,2023-03-10,2023-03-10,1,Villiersdorp,Western Cape,Private,BAWUSA,High Noon Farm,Wildcat,70,Wage increase,Management violence,Benefits
15,2023-03-12,2023-03-26,14,Durban,KwaZulu-Natal,Private,SATAWU,C Steinweg Bridge Terminals,Protected,-,Wage increase,Racism,
16,2023-03-14,2023-03-14,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,NUPSAW,Gauteng Department of Health,Wildcat,4000,Permanent employment,,
17,2023-03-20,2023-03-20,1,National,National,,SAFTU,Presidency,Protected,1,Against austerity,Against loadshedding,
18,2023-03-21,2023-04-04,14,Ladysmith,KwaZulu-Natal,Public,SAMWU,uThukela District Municipality,Wildcat,1,Permanent employment,Unpaid wages,Decaying service delivery
19,2023-03-23,2023-03-23,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Privatised Public Service,SAMWU,Rea Vaya Bus Services,Wildcat,1,Unpaid wages,,
20,2023-03-23,2023-03-24,1,Rustenburg,North West,Public,SAMWU,Rustenburg Municipality,Wildcat,1,Unpaid allowances,,
21,2023-03-24,2023-06-08,76,Cape Town,Western Cape,Private,SACCAWU,Makro,Protected,100,Wage increase,Benefits increase,
41,2023-03-24,2023-06-08,76,National,National,Private,SACCAWU,Makro,Protected,900,Wage increase,,
22,2023-03-27,,,Cape Town,Western Cape,Private,"SAHAWU, NIMWU",Global Roofing and Builder's Hardware,Wildcat,40,Wage increase,Union recognition,
23,2023-03-30,2023-03-30,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,NUPSAW,Gauteng Department of Health,Wildcat,1,Permanent employment,,
24,2023-03-31,,,Gqeberha,Eastern Cape,Private,NUMSA,Tenneco Automotive Holdings,Protected,1,Wage cuts,,
25,2023-04-18,2023-04-18,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,NUPSAW,Gauteng Department of Health,Wildcat,1,Permanent jobs,,
26,2023-04-25,2023-06-08,44,Ladysmith,KwaZulu-Natal,Private,NUMSA,Sumitomo Rubber South Africa,Wildcat,900,Flexibilisation of labour,,
27,2023-04-26,2023-04-26,1,Makhanda,Eastern Cape,Public,SAMWU,Makana Municipality,Wildcat,1,Unpaid overtime,,
28,2023-05-01,2023-05-01,1,Bethlehem,Free State,,NEHAWU,Tripartite Alliance,Workplace-related action,,Against austerity,,
29,2023-05-01,2023-06-02,32,Butterworth,Eastern Cape,Private,THORN,Elite Bakery and Confectionary,Protected,,Wage increase,Bonus,
30,2023-05-05,2023-05-05,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Private,SACCAWU,Makro,Workplace-related action,,Wage increase,Bonus increase,
31,2023-05-05,2023-05-05,1,Phalaborwa,Limpopo,Private,NUM,Phalaborwa Foskor Mine,Protected,1,Permanent employment,Employment Equity,Increased youth employment
32,2023-05-09,2023-05-09,1,Gqeberha,Eastern Cape,Private,NUMSA,Scaw Metal,Protected,1,Racism,Sexual Assault,For removal of managers
33,2023-05-11,2023-05-11,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,SAMWU,City of Johannesburg,Protected,7000,Permanent employment,Reinstate dismissed workers,Permanent employment
34,2023-05-15,2023-05-17,2,Kimberley,Northern Cape,Public,SAMWU,Sol Plaatje Municipality,Wildcat,1,Permanent employment,Allowance increase,Reinstate suspended workers
35,2023-05-22,2023-05-25,3,Hammanskraal,Gauteng,Public,Workers,Gauteng Department of Health,Wildcat,100,Permanent jobs,,
36,2023-05-24,2023-05-24,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Private,"SACSAWU, IDUSA",22 security companies,Protected,400,Permanent Jobs,,
,2023-05-25,2023-05-25,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,,"SAFTU, GIWUSA",South African Reserve Bank,Workplace-related action,50,Against austerity,,
37,2023-05-29,,,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,NEHAWU,Property Practitioners Regulatory Authority (PPRA),Protected,,Wage increase,Allowance increase,Reinstate suspended workers
38,2023-05-31,2023-05-31,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,Public,HAITU,Gauteng Department of Health,Protected,200,Permanent jobs,,
39,2023-06-05,,,Verulam,KwaZulu-Natal,Private,AMITU,Frimax,Wildcat,247,Unpaid wages,Union recognition,Management violence
40,2023-06-07,2023-06-08,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Privatised Public Service,SAMWU,Tshwane Bus Service,Wildcat,,Unpaid overtime,Unilateral change,
41,2023-06-08,,,Ga-Rankuwa,Gauteng,University/Regulatory Authority,"APSA, NEHAWU, SAPTIU",Sefako Makgatho University (SMU),Protected,,Wage increase,,
42,2023-06-09,2023-06-09,1,Gqeberha,Eastern Cape,Privatised Public Service,Workers,Spectrum Alert,Wildcat,,Unpaid wages,,
43,2023-06-13,2023-06-13,1,Johannesburg,Gauteng,,SWF,Registrar of Labour Relations,Workplace-related action,100,Union recognition,,
44,2023-06-15,2023-06-15,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Public,SAFTU,Department of Social Development,Workplace-related action,80,Against austerity,Basic Income Grant,
45,2023-06-24,2023-06-24,1,Germiston,Gauteng,,SWF,Golden Bakery,Workplace-related action,50,Xenophobia,,
46,2023-06-29,2023-06-29,1,Cape Town,Western Cape,Public,Workers,St John's Ambulance,Wildcat,dozens,Permanent employment,Against short pay,
47,2023-07-03,2023-07-03,1,KwaMashu,KwaZulu-Natal,Public,PSA,Dr Pixley Ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital,Wildcat,120,Health and Safety ,Unpaid overtime,
48,2023-07-04,,,Bethlehem,Free State,Private,"AWU, KAWU, NUMSA, SATAWU",Maluti Security,Wildcat,200,Unpaid benefit deductions,,
49,2023-07-12,2023-07-12,1,Chatsworth,KwaZulu-Natal,Public,Workers,RK Khan Hospital,Wildcat,-,Wage cuts,,
50,2023-07-26,ongoing,,Tshwane,Gauteng,Public,SAMWU,City of Tshwane,Wildcat,7000,Unpaid wage increase,Unilateral change,Against corruption
51,2023-08-01,2023-08-01,1,Makhado,Limpopo,Public,"SAMWU, IMATU",Makhado Municipality,Wildcat,300,Nepotism,Against ANC political interference,
52,2023-08-01,2023-08-01,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Public,MAWUSA,Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs,Wildcat,2000,Permanent employment,Wage Increase,
53,2023-08-04,2023-08-04,1,Tshwane,Gauteng,Private,"UDWOSA, SADSAWU",Hundreds of employers,Wildcat,100,Racism,Rape,Dog attacks
54,2023-08-04,ongoing,,Makhanda,Eastern Cape,Public,SAMWU,Makana Municipality,Wildcat,,Health and Safety,,
55,2023-08-04,ongoing,,Boksburg,Gauteng,Privatised Public Service,UPSWU,"Khayalami Security, Zabalaza Security",Wildcat,,Extension of contracts,Permanent Employment,Unpaid wages