Vol 37 Number 1 March/April 2013 – Page 2 – South Africa Labour Bulletin

Precarious development model

Lula’s development model is built on cheap and unskilled labour and workers’ consumption. Attachments Precarious Development_0 (106 kB)

The Lula moment, that basket of economic policies described as promoting pro-poor growth, were buzz words at Cosatu’s 11th National …

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu)’s political report for its 11th National Congress talks of the possibility of …

The Department of Labour, the National Bargaining Council for the Clothing and Manufacturing Industry, and the Southern African Clothing and …

Labour-intensive growth is not receiving support from government, bargaining councils and trade unions that are in favour of high-end decent …

Clothing workers in Johannesburg’s inner city work under precarious conditions of low pay and are at the lower end of …

by Irvin Jim

The crisis in education will not be solved by denying teachers their rights but by addressing the legacies of colonialism …

The crisis in education will not be solved by denying teachers their rights but by addressing the legacies of colonialism …

Recent strikes by farm-workers have again highlighted dire living and working conditions in rural areas. However, to understand how policies …

Recent strikes by farm-workers have again highlighted dire living and working conditions in rural areas. However, to understand how policies …