Women fighting back: A Swedish case.
Elisabeth Bistrom lives in Sweden yet she talks about exactly the same injustices that women suffer in South Africa. She …
Vol 32 No 5 Dec 2008/Jan 2009
Walking through post-Polokwane doors: Cosatu gears up for change
The ANC 2007 Polokwane Conference triggered political change. Neil Coleman looks at an innovative Cosatu response which aims to deepen …
Tongues of their Mothers: letting women tell their stories.
Makhosazana Xaba rings out the voices of other women through her own highly personal words in her new poetry book …
Toungues of Their Mothers
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Problems and opportunities: The Natalspruit market
As formal jobs shrink, informal trading becomes more important. David Dickinson and Louise Whittaker report on the Natalspruit market on …
New ideas, new directions?: Food and Allied Workers Union
The Labour Bulletin is asking trade unions to share any new interesting approaches that they have used in the organising, …
Never in private practice was a strike successful: Sandton Medi-Clinic nurses prove otherwise
In August and September 2008 nurses at the Sandton Medi-Clinic in Johannesburg conducted a successful two-week strike, the first of …
New children’s law brings hope
South Africa’s children are some of the most abused in the world. The new Children’s Act acknowledges this. Jackie Loffell …
House of Movements Resource Centre: Information for social change
It is common knowledge that the poor have less access to education and information material. Andreas Kaiser talks about a …
HIV Prevention: Medical model misses crucial understanding
Information is widely available on HIV/AIDS yet the pandemic rages on. Sepetla Molapo spoke to mineworkers about their attitudes to …