You believed the man: Policing domestic violence
Police are often blamed for their ineffectual policing of domestic violence. While there are clearly problems with the way some …
Vol 29 No 6 Dec 2005/Jan 2006
Why would Zuma’s accuser cook up a rape?
Many commentators have suggested that Jacob Zuma’s alleged rape victim has other motives for accusing him. Liesl Gerntholtz looks at …
What would Cosatu’s pioneers think?
In 1987 Steven Friedman wrote a valuable book, Building Tomorrow Today, charting the emergence of a new militant labour movement …
We’re French, respect us: A look behind youth riots in France
South African Labour Bulletin spoke to Nicolas Pons-Vignon, a doctoral student doing research in South Africa, to get some understanding …
Unions and new social movements: can they cooperate
Can the new social movements largely based at a local level forge active links with unions which have emerged from …
Trade union education then and now: has it improved
Linda Cooper offers two snapshots of trade union education in South Africa, one at the time of Cosatu’s birth, the …
The law, sexual harassment and the best way to go
Laws and codes now exist to allow victims to get redress for their sexual harassment. But no employers know what …
Step towards unity or shuffling chairs on the deck
In early December 2005 Fedusa, Nactu and Consawu announced their intention to merge. The unity move was chiefly commented on …
Samwu the union where municipal workers gather
At a recent SALB workshop trade unionists expressed a desire to know more about what other unions are doing. In …
Of dialogue, compromise,space and other things
In the Transport & General Workers Union where Premier Mbhazima Shilowa was president in the early 1990s he was nicknamed …