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A BIG ask

by Neil Coleman

There is growing support for a Basic Income Grant (BIG) as one measure to cushion the devastating effects of Covid-19 …

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Categories On politics and economics, Vol 44, No. 2

Support needed for decent care labour in South Africa’s health system*

by Khwezi Mabasa
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The burden of care work and social reproduction falls on women, says Khwezi Mabasa, but despite the critical role women …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 44, No. 2

Temo ke lehumo*

by Mmathapelo Thobejane
Mathapelo

The initial Covid-19 lockdown battered small vegetable farmers reports Mmathapelo Thobejane, but now that restrictions have eased, women vegetable farmers …

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Categories In the community, Vol 44, No. 2

A mixed bag of fruit

by Matthew Parks

Delivering on the Presidential Jobs Summit and ERRP commitments SALB interviewed Cosatu’s Parliamentary Coordinator, Matthew Parks, to find out what …

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Categories On politics and economics, Vol 44, No. 2

Old Wine, New Bottle: The Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan

by Trevor Shaku

A year after government’s Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan (ERRP) promised to stimulate equitable and inclusive growth in order to …

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Categories On politics and economics, Vol 44, No. 2

NUMSA adapts to Covid-19

by Vanessa Le Roux
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Covid 19 has wreaked havoc on workers’ lives and has forced trade unions to change the ways they operate. Vanessa …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 44, No. 2

Government’s EPWPs need a new focus

by Thabiso Modise
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Covid-19 has exacerbated unemployment levels, particularly for youth, to their highest levels ever says Thabiso Modise. Existing government programmes like …

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Categories Featured, In the community, Vol 44, No. 2

Rights without rights

by Amy Tekié
Domestic Worker

The tragic consequences of informality in the domestic sector during the Covid-19 Pandemic Statistics South Africa reported that over 25% …

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Categories In the Workplace, Issue, Vol 44, No. 2

Uber Eats gets indigestion

by Jamie Rosengarten
Uber eats

In December 2020 during the COVID pandemic Uber Eats’ couriers downed tools in the first ever national ‘platform’ strike in …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 44, No. 1 Tags Uber

“How do you smile at patient number 200?” The #Care4carers campaign in South Africa

by Fikile Dikolomela-Lengene

This conversation was first published in the Global Labour Column where Fikile Dikolomela-Lengene (who is in quarantine) spoke about the …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol. 43, No.4
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