What’s Left of the state?
The ANC’s Polokwane conference opened up possibilities for the election of a government more responsive to issues of poverty and …
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Where there’s a will…
COSATU general secretary, Sam Shilowa, talks to Sakhela Buhlungu and Eddie Webster. Attachments Where there's a will…by Eddie Webster …
Whatever happened to the ‘Social Sector’?
Cosatu proposed the idea of a social sector by using union assets to guide South African capitalism in a more …
Where to for an economic codesa
Calls for an economic codesa or growth summit has implications for all sectors of society. Steven Friedman explores what this …
When brother fall out
The Ceppwawu split last year has affected the union and shopfloor relations. David Dickinson conducted a case study of a …
Where to Zimbabwe?: Looking beyond Mugabe
In the previous Labour Bulletin Lloyd Sachikonye reflected on challenges that the Zimbabwean labour movement faces. Here he assesses different …
When the elephants fight the grass will suffer
The problem of two centres of power is not only an ANC issue-it is increasingly applying to unions. A number …
Where, oh where, have all the intellectuals gone?
As we commemorate ten years of democracy, intellectuals, particularly those who find themselves in academia or the media, are called …
When the going gets tough the tough gets go… mudslinging
Speculating the end of the tripartite alliance between the ruing African National Congress (ANC), South African Communist Party (SACP) and …
When the rain comes, it falls for everybody
Ian Macun and Sakhela Buhlungu spoke to Gwede Mantashe, assisting general secretary of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and …