Black Economic Empowerment: What’s in it for labour and the poor
Debate around the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Bill (promulgated on 4 October 2002) and the draft mining charter dominated …
Vol 26 No 5 Oct 2002
ANC emerges with pro-poor agenda
The recent ANC policy conference looked set to be overshadowed by President Thabo Mbeki’s opening remarks on the ‘ultra-left’ and …
Africa faces tough choices
While the world focused on the anti-globalisation forces demonstrating against the World Bank/International Monetary Fund meeting in Washington at the …
‘Boys in the hood – Robbin’ the poor
The recent Tips conference highlighted some of the unforeseen consequences of various policy choices. Renee Grawitzky examines whether the poor …
African trade union roundup
This is a new column intending to provide brief news items on the significant stories on workers and trade unions …