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Editorial, Volume 44 No 2
Crawling our way out of the pandemic This issue is being published in the midst of a global pandemic which …
“Government is ignoring us,” say informal street traders
Lulama Mali is an informal street trader in Johannesburg and a representative of the Johannesburg Informal Trader Platform (JITP). Since …
Government’s EPWPs need a new focus
Covid-19 has exacerbated unemployment levels, particularly for youth, to their highest levels ever says Thabiso Modise. Existing government programmes like …
Xenophobic attacks amidst present unrest
Xenophobic attacks amidst present unrestGlobal South Against Xenophobia of the C-19 People’s Coalition stands with the affected communities in the …
SAFTU condemns burning of trucks in Kwazulu Natal
Media release10 July 2021 SAFTU is appalled by the senseless burning of trucks in KwaZulu Natal in response to the …
Incorporating bomahlalela; reconceptualising unemployment and labour in the age of uncertainty and fear
Dr. Thabang Sefalafala argues that COVID-19 has brought to many the tacit realisation that jobs alone cannot give security and …
Same storm, different boat : Covid-19 and South African informal workers
Many people have suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic but some groups of South Africans have more than others. Michael Rogan …
Digitalisation and post-work utopias: A view from the global South
Many people in the global North are putting forward the idea of a future without wage-labour, including exploitative digitalised work. …