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In the past

Writing new songs

by Busang Moiloa

South African workers should write new songs that reflect the everyday struggles of their time, writes Busang Moiloa. This is not …

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Categories 2014, In the past, Vol 38 No 1 May-June 2014 Tags songs everyday struggles

Workers’ Cosciousness and the 1971-72 Contract Workers Strike

by Moorsom, R.

By R Moorsom.  

Categories In the past, Vol 4 No 1 & 2. 1978

Why Must I Work Under a Police State: Cosatu’s Outspoken Alina Rantsolase

by Forrest, Kally

In November 2010 Alina Rantsolase, a powerful and determined former national treasurer of Cosatu (Congress of South African Trade Unions), …

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Categories In the past, Vol 35 No 1 March/April 2011 Tags Vol 20 No 4 Aug 1996

Who was Lira Setona? Why Should We Care?

by Moodie, Dunbar

In 1985 a powerful ungovernability swept though Vaal Reefs shafts 8 and 9 which established the indisputable presence of the …

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Categories In the past, Vol 33 No 4 Oct/Nov 2009

When we touched the sky: The Anti Nazi League 1977-1981

by Zeilig, L

By David Renton (New Clarion Press): Reviewed by Leo Zeilig.   Attachments Review. When we touched the sky_0 (99 kB)

Categories In the past, Vol 31 No 1 Mar/Apr 2007

Unusual tribute to Cosatu’s Violet Seboni

by SALB.,Forrest, Kally

Robert Pozniak, co-owner of Supreme Hat and Cap and Violet Seboni’s employer pays tribute to Cosatu’s second deputy president who …

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Categories In the past, Vol 33 No 3 Aug/Sept 2009

Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa, 1985-1997

by Dexter, P.

Phillip Dexter reviews Trade Unions and Democratization in South Africa, 1985-1997, edited by Glen Adler and Eddie Webster.   Attachments …

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Categories In the past, Vol 24 No 3 Jun 2000

The Relationship Between the State and African Trade Unions in South Africa 1948-1953

by Welcher, L.

By Larry Welcher.  

Categories In the past, Vol 4 No 5 1978

The Pass-Laws: Allocation and Control (1760-1979)

by De Villiers, R.

Briefings: By Richard de Villiers.  

Categories In the past, Vol 5 No 4 1979

The New Unionism: Industrialisation and Industrial Unionism in South Africa 1925 – 1930

by Lewis, J.

By Jon Lewis  

Categories In the past, Vol 3 No 5 1977
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