Progressive alliances
The time for trade unions to remain in old-fashioned alliances with social democrats is over and therefore unions should begin …
2012
Post-colonial phase in Southern Africa
Even in the post-colonial phase, the values and goals of the liberation struggle, of building new nations, economic and social …
PHC & transformation
National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) welcomes the Primary Health Care (PHC) approach as outlined in the Green …
Organising communities for sustainable development
Communities of the Wild Coast in the Eastern Cape are organising on climate change and taking on companies that are …
NUM defining events
The events that defined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) included ethnic trouble at Vaal Reefs, the 1987 strike and …
NDP A mixed bag
The National Development Plan (NDP) is full of many ideas, but will these ideas be implemented and how, writes Ilan …
Migration and new slavery in Southern Africa
Increased migration has brought with it new forms of slavery that have caught governments and law enforcement agencies flatfooted, writes …
Marikana moment A needs analysis
The traumatic and tragic events at Marikana and the Rustenburg Platinum Belt have raised a number of questions among commentators …
Making sex work legal
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) asked South African society about its views on sex work during one of …
Life after retrenchments
The late entry of the South African economy to global competition led to the closure of clothing, textile and footwear …