LABOUR PARTY DISAPPOINTED IN MINI-BUDGET
MEDIA RELEASE2025-11-14 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has expressed utter disappointment in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement delivered this week. The Party criticised the budget as being detached from South Africa’s harsh realities of unemployment, poverty, and inequality, accusing the government of favouring elites and masking deeper economic instability. Instead, the […]
LABOUR PARTY OUTRAGED AT SCOURGE IN BULLYING
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-24 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has expressed outrage over the escalating cases of bullying in schools, following viral footage of a violent incident at Milnerton High School. The Party condemns the failures of existing laws and frameworks. The Labour Party is outraged by the overall bullying that has escalated […]
LABOUR PARTY INVESTS IN ECD
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-17 SUMMARY: On 13 October 2025, the Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) fulfilled its promise by donating a Reading Corner in recognition of World Literacy Day. The Labour Party had a ribbon-cutting ceremony as they ushered children into their new classroom. The school Principal tearfully thanked the Labour Party for keeping their […]
LABOUR PARTY BEMOANS COLLAPSE OF PUBLIC TRANSPORT
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-10 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party), marking International Transport Month, bemoans the near-total collapse of public transport in South Africa. The Party highlights the ongoing Transnet–CRRC locomotive dispute as a symbol of corruption and failed governance, calling for ethical leadership, genuine industrialization, and the protection of state-owned enterprises to restore […]
LABOUR PARTY QUESTIONS VALUE OF AGOA
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-03 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has come out questioning the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). The Party argues that, while it gives South Africa duty-free access to U.S. markets, it remains a nonreciprocal, US-driven arrangement. Instead, the Labour Party puts forward a 60/40 beneficiation trade policy to grow […]
LABOUR PARTY CALLS FOR THE DEATH PENALTY
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-01 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa reflects on the judicial debates on subjective consent according to the Sexual Offences Act Amendment Act 32 of 2007 in the Constitutional Court. This follows the High Court judgment last year making a finding on the invalidity of certain sections of the Sexual Offences Act that […]
LABOUR PARTY CELEBRATES SHARED HERITAGE
MEDIA RELEASE2025-09-24 SUMMARY: The Labour Party observes Heritage Day celebrating South Africa’s diverse cultures and shared history, a unity Nelson Mandela saw as nation-building. The Labour Party connects this spirit to federalism, with Joseph Mathunjwa arguing that empowering provinces can protect cultural heritage, reduce inequality, and drive growth. He urged South Africans to reject poor […]
LABOUR PARTY DISAPPOINTED IN INTEREST RATE DECISION
MEDIA RELEASE2025-10-19 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) has condemned the Reserve Bank’s decision to keep the repo rate unchanged. The Party argues that the decision serves the ruling elite at the expense of working people who are crushed by debt, low wages and spiralling living costs. Yesterday (18 September 2025), the […]
LABOUR PARTY BEMOANS UNDERWHELMING GROWTH STATS
MEDIA RELEASE2025-09-10 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) notes that South Africa’s economy recorded 0,8% growth in the second quarter of 2025, but warns that this modest increase cannot disguise the collapse of industries, mass retrenchments, and worsening unemployment above 30%. The Party highlights that, from the strong growth of the Mbeki […]
LABOUR PARTY EXPOSES FOUNDATIONS FOR JUMPING NATIONAL DIALOGUE SHIP
MEDIA RELEASE2025-08-11 SUMMARY: The Labour Party of South Africa (Labour Party) says the withdrawal of five foundations from President Ramaphosa’s National Dialogue is a humiliating collapse for those who defended it in court. The Party calls these developments proof that the foundations have abandoned a sinking ship and that a real National Dialogue must deliver […]