Increase minimum wages in clothing retail
The Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (Sactwu) is calling for a substantial increase in the monthly wages of …
2015
Farm worker uprising Transformation, organising, and action
Some of the lessons to be learnt from the De Doorns farm workers’ strike is that new forms of organisation …
Employment tax incentive Are jobs being created?
Trade unions have been sceptical about the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) scheme. But is this founded? Attachments Employment Tax …
Cosatu celebrates 30 years
Founded 30 years ago, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) had its 30th anniversary at Curries Fountain in …
Beyond ‘white monopoly capital’
The debate on ‘white monopoly capital’ has some blind spots as it omits the role of the state in ownership …
Two villages, one inspiring experience
There have been lost opportunities to take adult education to the people. These included missing out on mass literacy campaigns …
Two villages, one inspiring experience -2
Four researchers working on post-schooling go on field research to find out what is happening in post-schooling in the Eastern …
Nationalisation, socialism and the Alliance
A number of resolutions adopted by the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) at its recent congress provoked enormous media interest. …
Editorial -2
The release of the FarlamCommission of Inquiry intothe Marikana massacre hasseen a flurry of media coverage,as one would expect from …