World Cup 2010: Trading on uneven playing field
Informal traders in Durban would like to benefit from the World Cup. But as Quraisha Daya relates, although the municipality’s …
Vol 32 No 4 Oct/Nov 2008
Xenophobia: Sickness of poverty, fear and apartheid
The simple dictionary definition of xenophobia is a fear of strangers. Yet according to Shilaho Westen Kwatemba the causes of …
Working migrants and South African workers: Do they benefit each other?
Do migrants replace South African workers? And do migrants undermine labour standards? Tara Polzer and Loren Landau look at these …
Waste pickers without frontiers.
Across the world companies and governments greatly benefit from waste pickers’ work. Yet these workers are invisible and looked down …
Top 5 CCMA users, can they do better?
Which are the ‘top five’ unions referring cases to the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA)? What are the …
Some background to Numsa’s 8th Congress
Mziwakhe Hlangani gives some background to the political and organisational resolutions that will be discussed at Numsa’s National Congress in …
Sexual harassment at work: Protection without protection
South Africa has a number of good laws that protect women against sexual harassment in the workplace. Jennifer Williams records …
Questions for the Left on power and leadership
Why is the majority who want peace and equality silenced by a super rich minority? Why do we collude in …
Putting gender back on unions’ agenda
In recent years the focus on women’s demands in unions has taken a back seat. Patricia Appolis highlights key issues …
Organising migrant farm workers: Fertile ground
The world of paternalistic relations between farmer and farm worker in South Africa’s Limpopo province is coming to an end. …