Jobs For Youth in SA, Kicking away decent work ladder
Policies such as the youth incentive and programmes like the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s Work and Skills Programme (W&SP) are ignoring …
2014
Inequality in SA
The high levels of income inequality in South Africa threatens the democracy and social fabric that the country weaved after …
History of worker choirs
Although worker choirs were part of the trade union movement’s struggle against apartheid they found themselves in a new terrain …
Health and Domestic Work
Domestic work causes health issues like stress, high blood pressure, swelling feet and sometimes flus. Tshidiso Tolla explores health problems …
Foregin Zama Zamas
Illegal mineworkers or Zama Zamas, which means we are trying our luck, work under precarious conditions and are not protected …
Fedusa mourns Madiba
In a statement released after the death of Nelson Mandela the Federation of Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) said it was saddened …
Engineering/metals strike in Uitenhage and PE
Since 1 July 2014 the engineering/metals sector workers strike led by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) …
Engineering/metals strike in Uitenhage and PE For better wages not profits
Since 1 July 2014 the engineering/metals sector workers strike led by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) …
Education for liberation or domestication
Around the world, education is said to be the solution to the triple challenge of poverty, inequality and job creation. …
Domecratic Marxism and the Numsa moment
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) moment challenges neoliberal capitalism promoted by the African National Congress (ANC) and …