Weza sawmill: value added production, devalued labour
Weza Sawmill in KwaZulu-Natal has undergone massive restructuring, yet, for the moment, has managed to retain its workforce. Malcolm Ray …
Issue
What about local?
Ekurhuleni is the largest industrial concentration in South Africa. Understanding its economy is crucial for local government’s ability to develop …
What are essential services
When President Jacob Zuma recently said that education was an essential service there was uproar from trade unions that saw …
What are essential services?
When President Jacob Zuma recently said that education was an essential service there was uproar from trade unions that saw …
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 …
We are no longer a fear-filled people
By Karl von Holdt, Labour Research Service, Zolile Mtshelwane
We are trying our best
Etienne Vlok and William Matlala interview Billy Nkosi, NULAW shopsteward and Gauteng branch chairperson. Attachments We are trying our …
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 …