Migrant Wellbeing : Social Security Responses in a Time of Deadly Disease
Migrants in South Africa under the Covid 19 lockdown suffered acutely. Janet Munakamwe explains why this was the case and …
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Same storm, different boat : Covid-19 and South African informal workers
Many people have suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic but some groups of South Africans have more than others. Michael Rogan …
Digitalisation and post-work utopias: A view from the global South
Many people in the global North are putting forward the idea of a future without wage-labour, including exploitative digitalised work. …
Worker stress and some interventions
All workers in South Africa, but particularly workers in the informal economy, lost incomes and livelihoods during the COVID 19 …
Informal workers and flexible organisation: Seizing the Covid moment
Most workers in Africa labour in the informal economy. They do not constitute an industrial working class and seldom belong …
Attacks on labour institutions:Path to open conflict
Recently a worrying trend towards the undermining of collective bargaining institutions has emerged. Lynford Dor argues that government austerity has …
Zuma trial: Lessons for future rape trials
The Zuma trial raised questions around legal reasoning in rape trials. Lisa Vetten and Liesl Gerntholtz dissect why the law …
Zuma, the Scorpions and the developmental state
There are increasing signs that this government is embracing the concept of a developmental state. But what does this mean …
Zwelinzima Vavi: I believe in practical action…
Zwelinzima Vavi, COSATU’s organising secretary, talks to Snuki Zikalala. Attachments Zwelinzima Vavi. I believe in practical action…_0 (2 MB)
Zimbabwe trade unions: from corporatist brokers’ towards an independent labour movement?
The ZANU (PF) government’s growing hostility towards Zimbabwe’s trade unions seems to be part of a strategy to downgrade their …