Workers Survey
One of the many documents presented at the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) 11th Congress in Johannesburg was …
Vol 36 No 5 Dec 2012/Jan 2013
Why fighting corruption
Most well-intentioned corruption-busting remedies in Africa fail because the root causes of corruption are often poorly understood, writes William Gumede. …
Why we need a socially-owned energ sector in SA
Energy prices are going through the rooftop, while energy poverty and inequality continue to persist. Communities and most countries rapidly …
Violence against NUM alarming
The National Education and Health Workers Union (Nehawu) notes with alarm the increasing use of violence and assassinations against the …
Social ownership of the energy sector
Social ownership of the energy sector is necessary for the transition to renewableenergy and one of the ways to deal …
Rasta speaks on Ramaphosa
Rasta, a worker from Nkaneng, Marikana, also came to the University of the Witwatersrand where African National Congress (ANC) deputy …
NUM defining events
The events that defined the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) included ethnic trouble at Vaal Reefs, the 1987 strike and …
NDP A mixed bag
The National Development Plan (NDP) is full of many ideas, but will these ideas be implemented and how, writes Ilan …
Marikana moment A needs analysis
The traumatic and tragic events at Marikana and the Rustenburg Platinum Belt have raised a number of questions among commentators …
La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina is a new form of international organisation built around issues of citizenship for peasants and how this …