Driving the alliance COSATU’s Springs local
Karl Gostner and Sakhela Buhlungu spoke to two local office-bears of COSATU in Springs about the problems and prospects of …
Issue
Doing time: working hours on the gold mines
Rapid downscaling in the gold mining industry has forced the NUM to abandon its formal policy of a five-day, 40-hour …
Domecratic Marxism and the Numsa moment
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) moment challenges neoliberal capitalism promoted by the African National Congress (ANC) and …
Domestic labour pains
Government has made strides in protecting vulnerable workers such as domestic workers. Shireen Ally however, highlights the results of a …
Domestic Work: Neglected Heart of Global Economy
In May 2010 the Domestic Workers’ Research Project together with the Social Law Project at the University of the Western …
Domestic worker challenges dismissal because of HIV/AIDS status
The employment of domestic workers is becoming increasingly precarious with the spread of HIV/AIDS. A domestic worker recently received compensation …
Divide and Profit
Reviews: By Shamin Marie.
Domestic workers Imbizo
It was a day of solidarity, organising and fun at the Gauteng domestic workers, Imbizo in Soweto, Johannesburg in September. …
Divided loyalties
Ben van der Merwe, a NEHAWU shopsteward at the Department of Labour in Germiston and former NEHAWU Branch Office Bearer, …
Domesticating Workers
By Luli Callinicos