Political accountability and sucession debate: What will win the race
While the media and political structures engage in fervent speculation around the ANC’s future leaders. Nomalanga Mkhize questions our priorities …
Vol 31 No 5 Dec 2007/Jan 2008
Patriarchy challenged by dreams: Ancestors open doors for Zimbabwean women musicians
The mbira is traditionally played by men in Zimbabwean Shona culture. Joyce Jenje Makwenda, however, traces the emergence of highly …
Paying your way and playing with the girls: Township men and meaning of manhood
What does it mean to be a man? Grace Khunou looks at how young men in South African townships understand …
No longer muted screams: Voice of Lindiwe Nkutha
Makhosazana Xaba interviews Lindiwe Nkutha a rising South African voice in an astonishing range of media form: film, novels, poetry, …
Massive pay rise for garage workers
Numsa’s Jenny Grice points out that the big pay rise for petrol workers builds on a tradition in the metalworkers’ …
Marginalised labour : Route to social movement unionism?
Cosatu has long stated its aim of organising marginalised workers. Ercument Celik argues that the World Class Cities for All …
Let us rally to make our cities clean, orderly and safe: Zimbabwean state and informal economy
The Zimbabwean government’s Operation Murambatsvina in 2005 and its attitude to informal traders since then, is according to Hamadziripi Tamukamoyo …
Learning more about Fedusa general secretary, Dennis George
The Federation of Democratic Trade Unions of South Africa (Fedusa) is South Africa’s second largest federation with 410 000 members. …
Heroes’ Journey: Ex-combatants and life-changing experience
Liberation movements’ former combatants are a neglected group. Lephophoto Mashike investigates their plight, their psychological state and their survival strategies. …
Global spectre of youth unemployment: What could help?
Young people make up 44% of the world’s unemployed. Mills Soko who chaired an Africa-Germany working group on education and …