27:49

For nearly thirty years, community healthcare workers have played a vital role in supporting the healthcare of most working-class South Africans. However, their conditions of employment are precarious, and they do not enjoy permanent employment nor most labour benefits.In this show we relook at the role of community healthcare workers in communities and the importance of the continued struggle to get them absorbed as permanent employees into the Department of Health.

27:32

Emergency healthcare workers in South Africa include ambulance assistants, care technicians and emergency care practitioners. Many go to work and often face the risk of getting robbed by criminal elements communities that they are serving. On this show, we will gain insight on relevant health and safety legislation that support emergency healthcare workers.

50:01

Mining in communities promises to enrich and empower the residents, but most of them, including workers, end up paying the price of living near the mines with their health, livelihoods and the futures of their children severely threatened.In this show we learn about how the residents of the villages in the Mogalakwena area of the Limpopo province.

26:31

We take a closer look at South Africa’s petrol attendants, the conditions of work, their health and safety and how legislation like COIDA can benefit them.

26:31

Today we draw attention to issues facing workers in the hospitality sector. While restaurant work marks a rite of passage into the world of work for young part-time workers, it is not without its difficulties for many young workers. We put the situation of restaurant workers under the microscope, in particular concerning their employment conditions and occupational health and safety.

26:18

The domination of the major retail companies and their high profit margins come on the back their workers’ low wages and poor working conditions. The average lowest paid worker in the wholesale and retail sector would need to work for 21 months to earn what an average CEO in this sector earns in one day.We look at the retail sector in South Africa, the conditions of its workers, their health and safety and how legislation like COIDA can benefit them.

26:54

In a country like South Africa, where the occurrence of crime and violence takes place often and can take place anywhere, the role security guards in making people feel safe is still important. But are they valued by the society that they serve and are they adequately protected by legislation?