Review: From Servants to Workers: South African Domestic Workers and the Democratic State
From Servants to Workers: South African Domestic Workers and the Democratic State (University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2009) by Shireen Ally …
Vol 34 No 4 Oct/Nov 2010
Review: Solidarity Divided
Solidarity Divided (University of California Press, 2008)by Bill Fletcher Jnr and Fernando Gapasin Reviewed by Steve Faulkner Attachments Review. …
Public Sector Strike: Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object
Bargaining was conducted in an optimistic spirit so why did things go wrong? Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen analyses the background and causes …
Public Works in Welkom: Local People Take Ownership
Trade unions are critical of Public Works Programmes because of the low wages offered. However these small amounts of cash …
Organising Domestic Workers: Issues and Barriers
In South Africa domestic worker unions have always been weak. Mojalefa Musi examines why this is the case despite the …
National Auto Strike: Casuals and Permanents Celebrate
National strikes are always risky and maintaining unity looms large. David Francis reports on the eight-day national auto strike in …
Nactu’s Approach to Social Security Reform
Over the last few years government has put forward a number of policy proposals on social security reform. Moemedi Kepadisa …
King Mswati III Dreams While Swaziland Collapses
Swaziland is on the brink of economic collapse yet its royal leaders live in a fantasy world of first-world opulence. …
Jazz and Robbie Jansen: Freedom and Unforgettables
Only Jansen silenced the vuvuzelas at concerts in the Western Cape during the World Cup. Here we publish some moving …
International Trade Union Confederation: Face of the North
Recently Cosatu and StreetNet attended the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) World Congress but they were left feeling cheated. Katherine …