Zapatistas and rebirth of hope
Many people in South Africa have not heard of the Zapatistas. But as Shawn Hattingh writes this Mexican organisations has …
Vol 33 No 1 April/May 2009
Writing myself out of a labyrinth
In the interview with Phillippa Yaa de Villiers, Makhosazana Xaba finds out about a person with a rich and complex …
What lies behind Trevor’s ‘beloved’ game of golf?
Golf is a fun game of skill. Well, fun for some. Jacklyn Cock looks critically at the rapid growth of …
Weathering the storm: Fedusa’s response
The global economic crisis has left no one unaffected. Krister Janse van Rensburg outlines how South Africa’s second largest union …
Venezuela: fragile socialism in the making
Many socialists see Venezuela as a beacon of light for left politics. But how far has Venezuela gone down the …
Upside-down state of South African soccer
Soccer is South Africa’s most popular game. Yet as Dale T McKinley tells an historical legacy has left it in …
The ANC will rule until Jesus comes: Some thoughts on South African politics
Recently the Board of the South African Labour Bulletin had a discussion about the state of politics in South Africa. …
Tackling Transnet pregnancy and maternity
The Labour Bulletin is asking unions to share new approaches they have used in bargaining or organising. Here Jane Barrett …
Strikes: Enormously compressed educative experience.
What’s the best way to conduct worker education? Hold a strike! Linda Cooper looks carefully at a municipal workers’ strike …
Stories of old revisited
Nomsa Mdlalose/Nkulumayo is a storyteller. She digs deep into her past to uncover stories that help her to better understand …