Disturbing ANCYL goings on
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has lost its way by divorcing itself from the mother body, writes Mothusi …
2012
Decent work for women
Poverty, unemployment and inequalities affect more women than men. Therefore, it is not surprising that women are at the lower …
Decent work, informal economy and local government
The work of many informal and precarious workers is constantly affected by decisions taken at local government level more than …
Dance of the undead
Despite the Marikana massacre taking place in South Africa, the event exposes the crisis of capitalism and calls for new …
Creating African free-trade area
In June 2011, African leaders unveiled new plans to create an Africa-wide free-trade area, when they announced that 26 African …
Crisis returns to Xolobeni
After their mining rights were revoked, MRC has made a fresh application on mining prospecting rights and the Amadiba community …
Cosatu promises a return to basics
The 11th Congress of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) lived up to the expectation of being a …
COP 17 and labour
The aftermath of the Durban COP 17 is a dilemma. Capitalism is not interested in making commitments on climate change, …
Collective bargaining or begging
Zimbabwe’s civil servants sometimes have to beg President Robert Mugabe for a pay increase. Nunurayi Mutyanda explains why this is …
Celebrating Althea MacQuene
Why do we remember some and forget others? Trudy Wagenstroom tries to understand what influenced the decisions of the organisers …