{"id":37429,"date":"2026-06-18T11:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=37429"},"modified":"2026-06-26T15:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:09:14","slug":"sa-unions-oppose-migrant-blame-for-jobs-crisis","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sa-unions-oppose-migrant-blame-for-jobs-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"SA unions oppose migrant blame for jobs crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">South Africa&#8217;s (SA) major labour unions have condemned a rise in anti-migrant sentiment, warning against attempts to blame foreign nationals for the country&#8217;s deepening unemployment crisis and economic challenges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Speaking at the National Economic Development and Labour Council, labour federations called for a lawful approach to undocumented migration while strongly rejecting acts of vigilantism.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The unions have also urged President Cyril Ramaphosa to place two key state-run worker benefit funds under administration, citing allegations of corruption and mismanagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u201cOrganised labour has cautioned that workers planning to participate in the national action on the June 30 will not enjoy the benefits of a protected strike as the action is not convened by recognised labour federations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15241,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-37429","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":"Unions warns against attempts to blame foreign nationals"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37430,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/37429\/revisions\/37430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=37429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}