Public sector from showdown to partnership
Ebrahim-Khali Hassen analyses the reasons underlying the 1999 public sector strike and argues that the unions and government need to …
On politics and economics
Productivity and GEAR
Productivity Attachments NPI Column. Productivity and GEAR_0 (3 MB)
Progress on all fronts
NEDLAC developments
Prospects for 1993, Inflation
Economic Notes: By the Labour Research Service (LRS), Cape Town.
Precarious development model
Lula’s development model is built on cheap and unskilled labour and workers’ consumption. Attachments Precarious Development_0 (106 kB)
Politics of Consumer Boycotts
Debate: By Jeremy Seekings.
Poverty and economics: an alternative framework
James Heintz and Conrad Jardine argue that GEAR will entrench, and probably increase, current levels of poverty in South Africa. …
Police Stood and Watched Them Loot and Destroy: De Doorns Evics Zimbabweans
In early November South African residents of De Doorns evicted Zimbabweans. Phumlani Majavu interviewed ejected Zimbabweans who were spending the …
Non-standard employment and labour laws
The Labour Relations Act (1996) has served its purpose and is a product of its time. Jan Theron argues that …
New Development Paradigm: Challenges for Employment, Social Inclusion and Poverty Eradication in a Sustainable Planet
Zwelinzima Vavi, Congress of South African Trade Unions general secretary’s input to Madrid Dialogue on green economy and decent jobs, …