Workers’ Factory Under State Control: Contradiction in Terms?
The previous article tells how workers are taking over the Mine-Line factory on the West Rand and requesting the state …
Vol 35 No 1 March/April 2011
Women Led Social Movement Union: Sikhula Sonke Challenging Inequality
Many unions in South Africa have failed to raise the living standards of farm workers because they do not systematically …
Why May Day Matters: History with Anarchist Roots
When we celebrate May Day we seldom know or reflect on why it is a holiday in South Africa and …
Why Must I Work Under a Police State: Cosatu’s Outspoken Alina Rantsolase
In November 2010 Alina Rantsolase, a powerful and determined former national treasurer of Cosatu (Congress of South African Trade Unions), …
We Started Talking and Dreaming Together: Organising Transport Workers
Unionists know nothing can happen without organising. But as Teresa Conrow, Alana Dave and Dina Feller point out through four …
Walmart: Not Such a Bargain
Wal-Mart, a US retail multinational, has offered to buy South Africa’s Massmart. Bridget Kenny examines Wal-Mart’s poor employment record and …
Uprising in Middle East: Making a New World Possible?
Everywhere people have been fascinated with how rapidly, and with such resolve, the people of Tunisia and Egypt have overthrown …
Trick or Treat: Re-thinking Black Economic Empowerment by Jenny Cargill
Review: Trick or Treat: Rethinking Black Economic Empowerment (Jacana, Johannesburg 2010)byJenny Cargill. Reviewed by Nicolas Pons-Vignon Attachments Review. Trick …
Rediscovering Labours’ Past: Class Compromise or Class Collaboration?
In a previous Labour Bulletin Mbuyiseni Ndlozi argued that labour’s strategy of radical reform adopted in the 1990s had failed. …
Public Sector Strike: Was It Successful?
The 2010 public sector strike left all sides unsatisfied. Katherine Joynt and Mariane Tsoeu spoke to nurses and teachers from …