Why unions should embrace social media
The new social media is a very powerful tool. It allows unions to have intimate, personal conversations with hundreds, if …
Vol 36 No 4 Oct Nov 2012
Traditional Courts Bill
The Traditional Courts Bill (TCB) centralises power in the hands of chiefs, distorts custom, enables corruption, undermines local government and …
Slime dams and toxic cocktails
Most communities in the Witwatersrand Mining Basin, which includes the Far East Basin, Central Rand Basin, Western Basin, Far Western …
Service providers and funding of NHI
Accreditation of the health-care service providers should include all health-care institutions, the National Health Insurance (NHI) funded by public funds …
Security guards in Gauteng
While it is easy to get a job as a security guard in Gauteng, the working conditions are appalling, writes …
Post-colonial phase in Southern Africa
Even in the post-colonial phase, the values and goals of the liberation struggle, of building new nations, economic and social …
Gender audit of shop stewards
A gender audit is part of union organisational development and the South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) took this into …
Disturbing ANCYL goings on
The African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) has lost its way by divorcing itself from the mother body, writes Mothusi …
Dance of the undead
Despite the Marikana massacre taking place in South Africa, the event exposes the crisis of capitalism and calls for new …
Creating African free-trade area
In June 2011, African leaders unveiled new plans to create an Africa-wide free-trade area, when they announced that 26 African …