What are essential services?
When President Jacob Zuma recently said that education was an essential service there was uproar from trade unions that saw …
In the unions
We are trying our best
Etienne Vlok and William Matlala interview Billy Nkosi, NULAW shopsteward and Gauteng branch chairperson. Attachments We are trying our …
We are workers too’ Interview with Japan Mthembu
Tanya van Meelis speaks to Japan Mthembu, general secretary of the Performing Arts Workers’ Equity (PAWU).
We must get active again
Zacharia Mosebedi, NUMSA shopsteward at Randscrap in Germiston, speaks to Malcolm Ray and William Matlala. Attachments We must get …
We want a union: finding a home for domestic workers
Domestic workers have still not found a home in COSATU. Advice offices are being mooted as a way of catering …
We workers of Africa : Interview with Hassan Sunmonu, OATUU secretary general
Etienne Vlok interviewed Hassan Sunmonu, OATUU’s secretary-general since 1986, during the organisation’s seventh congress in Johannesburg. Attachments We workers …
Wages, and wage policy, democracy: a response to Boyd and Von Holdt
COSATU publicity officer Neil Coleman responds to a range of issues raised in an interview with Leslie Boyd and an …
Walking through post-Polokwane doors: Cosatu gears up for change
The ANC 2007 Polokwane Conference triggered political change. Neil Coleman looks at an innovative Cosatu response which aims to deepen …
Victory for SADTU
SADTU
Vision Precedes Education System
Many agree that our education and skills training systems are in crisis. But says Enver Motala what can you expect …