Decline of mineworkers’ compounds: What does this mean?
On the Rustenburg platinum mines Andries Bezuidenhout and Sakhela Buhlungu Found that the compound system was only one way of …
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Democratic socialism and social democracy: an attempt at conceptual clarification
In response to debates in South Africa on socialism, democratic socialism or social democracy, Winfried Veit argues that democratic socialism …
Deepening Radical Change: Taking Skills Seriously
Jonas Mosia and Bizzah Mantantana argue that a focus on skills development should not be seen as reformist but rather …
Democratic socialism or social democracy
Taking up the debate stimulated by Joe Slovo’s Has Socialism Failed, Alan Fine argues that it is not democratic socialism …
Deepening the united front, broadening the anti-apartheid alliance
SALB interviews Chris Dlamini, vice-president of COSATU, soon after the federation’s Special Congress in May.
Defend, advance and consolidate the alliance
There has been a flurry of articles in the various media on whether the alliance should end or not. Shiraz …
Defend, empower, advance: CWIU’s approach to company restructuring
Restructuring is the name of the new game in the chemical sector. Tanya Rosenthal and Wilele Nolingo outline the steps …
Defenders of democracy?: Unions in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Swaziland
Johann Maree and Rushil Ranchod examine trade unions in four southern African countries with varying degrees of democratic engagement. Through …
Defensive Social Movement Battles: Need to Engage With Politics
In the South African political landscape there are some feisty social movements that have waged some hard struggles, such as …
Defining poverty: The debate continues
Measurements of poverty can be useful tools in negotiations with employers, especially in sectors were low wages persist. But how …