What are unions doing about employment equity?
Union participation and involvement in the formulation of employment equity (EE) plans is critical if disadvantaged workers are to benefit …
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We’re different but still equal
Rugaya Rees and William Matlala interview Shahieda Sallie, FEDUSA’s gender co-ordinator. Attachments We're different but still equal,Shahieda Sallie (3 …
What are we solving by telling lies about our cities?
As the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup approaches, South African cities have started clean-up campaigns. Street children, road-side vendors and …
We’re French, respect us: A look behind youth riots in France
South African Labour Bulletin spoke to Nicolas Pons-Vignon, a doctoral student doing research in South Africa, to get some understanding …
What else was a stake in the Zuma rape trial?
The Jacob Zuma rape trial raised a host of important questions. Irma du Plesis looks at the aspect of ethnicity …
We are workers too’ Interview with Japan Mthembu
Tanya van Meelis speaks to Japan Mthembu, general secretary of the Performing Arts Workers’ Equity (PAWU).
We don’t want the fucking vote: Social movements and demagogues in a South Africa’s young democracy
Representative democracy in South Africa, young as it is, has seen a flowering of ‘social movements’. Michael Sachs argues that …
We Engaged with Foreigners, and They Supported Us: Countering Xenophobia in Khutsong
While research has looked at why xenophobia broke out in certain areas in May 2008 Joshua Kirshner and Comfort Phokela …
We must be doing the right thing interview with Makgane Thobejane
Tanya van Meelis interviews Makgane Thobejane, labour relations specialist for the Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Council. Attachments We must be …
We must forget our borders regionalisation and regional trade union structures
Matsobane Aubrey Nkoko spoke to unionists from Southern African countries and found them to be critical of globalisation and confronting …