Making Garments in Southern Africa: Talke of Weak Enforcement
South African firms in the garment industry operate in former apartheid decentralised zones and in Swaziland and Lesotho. Andries Bezuidenhout …
Vol 33 No 4 Oct/Nov 2009
Independence of SACP in Government
Traditionally the ANC has dominated its alliance with the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the SA Communist Party. …
Illegal Mining Deaths: Who Bears Responsibility
Recently the public was shocked to hear of the multiple deaths of illegal miners at a disused Harmony Gold mine. …
Durban’s Warwick Junction: Hole in Municipality’s Heart
Warwick Junction street traders stand at the heart of Durban city yet the municipality wants to replace these many livelihoods …
Doctors Lose Patience: First Ever Strike
The public sector has been bleeding doctors to the private sector and overseas, but some have dedicatedly continued their work …
Deepening Radical Change: Taking Skills Seriously
Jonas Mosia and Bizzah Mantantana argue that a focus on skills development should not be seen as reformist but rather …
Cosatu International Solidarity Conference: Global Unity Renewed!
In June this year Cosatu held its first international conference. Cosatu’s international officer Bongani Masuku gives background and tells how …
Bullshit Development: Transfer from One Elite to Another
In the 1980s John Minto and others in the New Zealand anti-apartheid movement led the impressive Halt All Racist Tours …
Brazil: Growing and Uplifting the Poor
For the left, it is Venezuela’s achievements that ring out. But another country in Latin America, Brazil has also been …
Between Sisters: Soweto Bosses and Domestic Workers
Previous studies show that African domestic workers experience their black employers as arrogant and mean. Xoliswa Dilata looks at the …