Are learnerships effective?
Is there a mismatch between learnerships and employers’ expectations? Do trainees emerge ready for the world of work? These are …
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Are Our Mines Safe? Coalbrook Mine Disaster Revisited.
The recent media attention on the trapped Chilean miners brings to mind South Africa’s worst mining disaster which occurred when …
Are the elections about ‘liberating’ KwaZulu-Natal?
Tensions in KwaZulu-Natal appear to be mounting as the elections draw closer. Over the past 12 years an estimated 20 …
Are there Skill Shortages in the Furniture Industry
By Charles Meth.
Are unions being casual about casuals?
Unions have been criticised for failing to actively recruit and represent casual workers. Based on research into the 2003 and …
Are unions geared up for collective bargaining?
By the end of this year thousands of workers will have been retrenched either as a result of the continued …
Are women’s work lives improving?
In 2008 the Labour Research Service commissioned a survey to understand women workers’ needs and experiences and the obstacles that …
Are Works Committees in Other Countries Effective?
By Loet Dowes-Dekker Attachments Are Works Committees in other Countries Effective_0 (4 MB)
Argentina: What lesson for South Africa
Mainstream economic analysts and government officials like to think of South Africa as an emerging market of a special type. …
Apprentice training and artisan employment: changing numbers, but maintaining job reservation
Looking closely at the official statistics, Paul Lundall and Zaid Kimmie show the continuing impact of inferior education and racially …