Building a social compact around the climate transition
Jenny Grice spoke to Presidential Climate Commission executive director, Dr Crispian Olver, to find out what the PCC aims to …
Issue
The Presidential Climate Commission – unpacking the details
Woodrajh Aroun In December 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the establishment of a 22-person Climate Change Coordinating Commission (now called …
Views from the ground
A retrenched coal miner from eMalahleni, a community environmental activist in eMalahleni and two Mpumalanga trade unionists share their concerns …
“Unsafe and inefficient public transport endangers our lives”
20 black working-class women from Orange Farm and Soweto call for urgent improvements to the public transport system. Sinqobile Akin …
Just another Transition or a Just Transition? It’s in labour’s hands
If trade unions are to take control of the concept of Just Transition, they must reframe the debate by building …
To abandon coal, first understand how it is governed
Neva Makgetla Every woman has had visitors who sloganeer militantly in the lounge about women’s oppression, but won’t venture into …
Home is where the power is: The Saltuba Cooperative
If every one of the 16 million households in South Africa put solar panels on their rooftops, they could supply …
COP 26 through workers’ eyes
There were some positives for workers at COP26, says Lebogang Mulaisi. COP26 in Glasgow was envisaged as the COP that …
A compact that excludes key participants
Sandra Hlungwani asked Mbulaheni Mbodi’s view on the Eskom social compact. What is the Eskom Social Compact? This was supposed …
Extreme weather batters home-based workers’ livelihoods
Trade unions cannot ignore the plight of informal workers who could face more threats to their livelihoods from climate change …