Not playing the MDC game: Arthur Mutambara
In 2003 Leo Zeilig quizzed Arthur Mutambara, the newly installed leader of the anti-Morgan Tsvangirai faction of Zimbabwe’s Movement for …
Vol 30 No 2 May/Jun 2006
Is it public, and is it working?
The Right to Work Campaign conducted research on an Expanded Public Works Programme project in the Cape Town township of …
Independence and ‘self-standigheid: Solidarity where (mainly) white workers gather
Solidarity is the fastest growing trade union in South Africa. It currently has 130 000 members with more than 2000 …
In pursuit of greater unity
The NUM and other South African trade unions have an impressive history of unity in struggle. Frans Baleni looks at …
HIV peer educators a major response
Thousands of HIV/AIDS peer educators have come forward in workplaces all over South Africa. David Dickinson tells of a recent …
Her husband beats her up all the time: Women, work and domestic violence
Women’s working lives are affected by their male partners abusing them at home. But as Lisa Vetten shows it affects …
Foresty workers buckle under outsourcing pipedream
Outsourcing to contractors is now the norm in the forestry industry. The consequences for workers and the industry however, according …
Few problems, no worries: Interview with ANC secretary general, Kgalema Motlanthe
Soon after the ANC’s local government electoral victory in March, Ebrahim Harvey an independent political writer interviewed the ANC’s secretary …
Contract workers on a quest for security
Global pressures are undermining the wages and job security of Defy workers in rural KwaZulu-Natal. Khayaat Fakier looks at how …
Constitution Hill: Journey from abuse to protection of human rights
It seems fitting on the 10th anniversary of the South African Constitution to take a look at a powerful museum …