Letters to the editor
Many remember the public service strike vividly, but few probably know what the final settlement consisted of. Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen gives …
Vol 31 No 4 Oct/Nov 2007
Increase in union cooperation?: A look at the University of Pretoria
In the public sector strike this year cooperation across unions from different traditions was very much alive. Ruan van der …
Falling through the cracks: City of Cape Town ditches health and safety duties
People will be shocked to find out how the City of Cape Town seriously neglects the health and safety of …
Cosatu and the ANC national conference: Can Limpopo be another Morogoro?
Cosatu emerged from the June ANC policy conference optimistic that the ANC remained a party with a bias toward the …
Can employment equity achieve a representative workforce?
In the light of contestation around affirmative action and whether it has succeeded in levelling the playing fields in the …
Building a welfare state: What can be learnt from the Nordic Model?
Many progressives admire Norway’s advanced welfare state. Asbjorn Wahl however shows how this Nordic Model is under attack and can …
Bulletin for all seasons
Why read the Labour Bulletin? Eddie Webster argues that the SALB has played, and continues to play, a key role …
Bad buildings, bad practices: Real people are living here
On the next pages Jurgen Schadeberg shows the housing plight of some vulnerable Johannesburg inner city dwellers. Until the Centre …
At risk: Heritage of migrant workers
A national monument in the heart of Johannesburg has long been overlooked despite its role in placing the history of …
A South African winner: Poetry that performs from the page
Poet Lebogang Mashile speaks to Makhosazana Xaba, also a poet about winning the 2006 Noma Award for Publishing in Africa …