We are trying our best
Etienne Vlok and William Matlala interview Billy Nkosi, NULAW shopsteward and Gauteng branch chairperson. Attachments We are trying our …
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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 …
We must get active again
Zacharia Mosebedi, NUMSA shopsteward at Randscrap in Germiston, speaks to Malcolm Ray and William Matlala. Attachments We must get …
We need union support in one united, collective stuggle: Trevor Ngwane on social movements
In an interview with Ebrahim Harvey, an independent political writer, Trevor Ngwane of the Anti-Privatisation Front discusses the strengths, weaknesses …
We Really Have to Cut Down on Eating: Poverty and Food Prices
The price of food over the three years leading up to 2008 increased by 83% and prices continue to rise. …
We Started Talking and Dreaming Together: Organising Transport Workers
Unionists know nothing can happen without organising. But as Teresa Conrow, Alana Dave and Dina Feller point out through four …