The challenge of participation
1973 – 1993: twenty years of worker struggle: Karl von Holdt reflects on the Labour Bulletin visit to Natal, on …
Issue
The BEE-hive swarm: If you’ve got the money, honey…
Black economic empowerment transactions have soared in recent months as pressure from government on business to transform has increased. Ebrahim-Khalil …
The BEEhive empowers the drones not the workers
During a recent debate on BEE, a representative from black business argued that Cosatu’s position on BEE is incoherent. In …
The Big Brain Drain
Sakhela Buhlungu writes about the personnel crisis facing unions as large numbers of experienced and skilled officials – for one …
The bigger problem tendering in the bus industry
Tanya van Meelis examines the negative impact of the competitive tendering system in the bus industry for workers. Attachments …
The Anti-Privatisation Forum (APF)
The Labour Bulletin spoke to AFP leader Trevor Ngwane about how he views social movements in post-apartheid SA. Attachments …
The bleached skeleton of a vibrant horse
The Labour Appeal Court’s (LAC) recent decision in Nehawu v University of Cape Town major blow to the labour movement. …
The anti-privatisation strike effects and implications
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen analyses the effects and implications of the anti-privatisation strike Attachments The anti-privatisation strike effects and implications_0 (6 …
The Brazilian labour movement proposing alternatives
Karl von Holdt visited Brazil in April. He reports on the economic and organisational challenges facing the Brazilian labour movement. …