Is a universal income grant the answer
Cosatu, civil society and a variety of church groups have been mobilising for a universal income grant. Haroon Bhorat looks …
Vol 26 No 2 Apr 2002
How high is unemployment
A long awaited survey on labour market statistics has finally seen the light of day. The results, which could be …
HIV/AIDS and corporate responsibility
John Betton explores whether HIV/AIDS is redefining global corporate responsibility in a paper presented at the recent IRASA conference in …
Erosion of union solidarity
In the post-1994 period solidarity among workers in many workplaces was seriously undermined. Nathaniel Ndala looks at the factors leading …
Did the MLC go beyond itself
President Thabo Mbeki attended the launch of the Millennium Labour Council (MLC) in July 2000 and was encouraged by the …
Defend, advance and consolidate the alliance
There has been a flurry of articles in the various media on whether the alliance should end or not. Shiraz …
Cosatu looks at the food security crisis
South Africa is facing a crisis of rising food prices and food insecurity that is negatively affecting the poor and …
Corporate social and environmental responsibility
South Africa has had a tradition of corporate philanthropy since the early 1970s. David Fig recently presented preliminary research at …
Corporate governance: Whereto now my fair and equitable one?: A view from the glass tower
The business community has recently been wracked by major scandals. This article explores the state of S A companies and …
Case of de-naai-al
Another series of irreverent postcards from our intrepid correspondent… This time turning an acerbic eye on the HIV/AIDS fiasco …