Retrenchments, AI, cost of living behind SA’s labour crisis – The Mail & Guardian

On May 2, 2025

Dark days: Workers are being squeezed as businesses cut costs and outsource work or turn to automation. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Unions and employers must strike a delicate balance between rights and responsibilities in an evolving workplace

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Tags: AI in South African labour, automation and job loss, Business, casualisation of workforce, climate change and workers, Economic inequality South Africa, labour legislation South Africa, platform economy workers, retrenchments in South Africa, South African Trade Unions, unemployment crisis South Africa

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