The strike hit parade songs of the anti-privatisation strike
Dinga Sikwebu examines the hit parade of songs sung during the two-day anti-privatisation strike
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The Sarmcol struggle Ten years on
Debbie Bonnin visits the BTR Sarmcol strikers. Ten years ago they were dismissed after striking for union recognition. They tell …
The second option: alternative dispute resolution
Resolution Attachments The second option alternative dispute resolution, by Thabo Ndabeni_0 (5 MB)
The security industry: privatisation and organisation
The private security industry is fragmented and growing. Sabata Nakanyane outlines the impact this has on unionisation in the sector …
The September commission report
COSATU’s September Commission was mandated to reflect critically on whether COSATU’s strategies and policies were appropriate to the new conditions …
The September Commission: confronting the future
COSATU’s September Commission proposes a programme of social unionism to enable the federation to drive social and economic transformation. Deanne …
The September commission: shaping congress debates, stimulating activism
The September Commission report provides an in-depth assessment of COSATU strategies and organisational capacity. Karl von Holdt examines the COSATU …
The September scenarios
The September Commission has drawn up three scenarios to explore the challenges facing labour and to provoke discussion in COSATU …
The sexual economy poverty, sex and survival
Mark Hunter finds that, for some women, sex is an increasingly important way to survive in Mandeni in KwaZulu-Natal, one …
The shopsteward who want to go to parliament
Joseph Mthembu considers himself a people’s leader. A full-time PPWAWU shopsteward at PG Bison, he has repeatedly been offered a …