Review: Side Effects
Lesley Lawson (Double Storey Books, Cape Town, 2008): Reviewed by Karl von Holdt Attachments Review. Side Effects_0 (89 kB)
Vol 32 No 3 Aug/Sep 2008
Restricted water denies dignity: Tracking Phiri water victory
The City of Johannesburg’s installation of prepaid water meters in Phiri, Soweto caused deep hardship. Silumko Radebe charts a spirited …
People-driven land reform: Can the Left support it?
Many believe that South Africa’s land reform programme has failed. In the run up to Cosatu’s Conference of the Left, …
Municipal workers dig in heels
Over the last six months the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) has been in continuous dispute with municipalities around …
Mainstreaming African writing
June Josephs-Langa, is co-owner of Xarra Books in Newtown Johannesburg and a woman with a strong love of books and …
Living in the shadows of fahfee: Apartheid’s legacy
The Chinese who came to South Africa before 1994 recently won the right as previously disadvantaged people to benefits under …
Labour law compliance in agriculture: Surprising results
Most people believe that working conditions in the agricultural sector are some of the worst in South Africa. However, CCMA …
It can’t be xenophobia
Rajohane Matshedisho believes xenophobia does not properly describe the violence South Africa saw in May. He posits some convincing arguments …
Immigrants at sharp end of social assistance
It seems that some South African have mistaken idea that migrants to South Africa get more benefits than citizens. Edwin …
Hyena on your back: Workplace bullying and violence
Workplace bullying and violence can leave people traumatised. Susan Steinman examines this growing trend in the workplace and advices that …