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Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Rail safety: Missing link in Transnet transformation?

by De Vos, C.

Rail safety is in crisis believe Chris de Vos, general secretary of Transnet’s largest trade union-the United Transport and Allied …

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Categories In the unions, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Opening and shutting doors of culture in Klein Karoo

by Bezuidenhout, A

The Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunsfees aims to be inclusive. But says Andries Bezuidenhout, who attended the festival recently, the arts …

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Categories After work, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

No stereotypes of women

by Xaba, M

Bandile Gumbi is an impressive self-published poet and arts activist. Makhosazana Xaba spoke to her about how she became a …

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Categories After work, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Lonplats, Angloplats, Xstrata, Implats: Undoing Rustenburg community life

by Forrest, K

A series of photographs showing how mining has destroyed the environment in Rustenburg.   Attachments Lonplats, Angloplats, Xstrata, Implats. Undoing …

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Categories In the community, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Limping with wounds and winnings: Swazi textile strike

by Fakudze, A

Swazi workers, mainly women, recently embarked on a rare industry-wide textile strike. They were met with ferocity by the state. …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Japanese history a trade union issues

by Zeltzer, S

Over 5500 trade unionists, anti-war and political activists rallied in Tokyo in November last year to demand an end to …

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Categories In the past, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Human trafficking : Slavery by another name?

by Shapiro, J.

Human trafficking is a form of brutal and exploitative labour that trade unions seldom consider. Janet Shapiro looks at the …

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Categories In the community, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Ever expanding wage gap

by Ndungu, S.K

In the early 1990s trade unions were determined to reduce the apartheid wage gap. Over the past years this focus …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Electricity crisis: Why not smarter solutions?

by Fig, D

People have been shocked by Eskom’s proposed price increases to deal with the electricity crisis. David Fig assessed Eskom’s plans …

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Categories Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008

Doors of learning not open to all: Struggle to reform higher education

by Lewins, K. Nieftagodien, N.

Despite government insisting that it gives good support to higher education there is evidence to show this is not the …

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Categories In the Workplace, Vol 32 No 2 Jun/Jul 2008
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