Could SA end up like Zimbabwe?
Since the land grabs in Zimbabwe, many have asked if they could happen in SA. Geoff Hill argues that those …
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COSATU special congress: a wake-up call for worker control
Andries Bezuidenhout reports on discussions around servicing and organising at the COSATU special congress. Attachments A wake-up call for …
Counter Revolution in Poland
Documents: By International Union of Food and Allied Workers’ Association.
Cosatu tribute to Mandela
When Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela passed last year on 5 December, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) paid tribute not …
Country Divided: Botswana’s Public Sector Strike
In April this year the public sector in Botswana engaged in the biggest strike ever witnessed in the country. Carthage …
COSATU under the spotlight
Briefing By Deanne Collins
Court challenge to chiefs’ land powers
Government took years to produce the Communal Land Rights Act, but its arrival has created more problems than solving them. …
COSATU unions take initiative in training
Education and training must move from traditional approaches, benefiting a few, to transformational approaches empowering the majority of working people. …
Cracking the public service: Transvaal hospital strike
The recent hospitals strike in the Transvaal, coming soon after the Cape hospitals strike, has forced the state to break …
COSATU members’ attitudes towards the 1999 elections
Christine Psoulis reports on COSATU members’ attitudes to the elections and workplace democracy. Attachments COSATU members attitudes towards the …