Restricted water denies dignity: Tracking Phiri water victory
The City of Johannesburg’s installation of prepaid water meters in Phiri, Soweto caused deep hardship. Silumko Radebe charts a spirited …
In the community
Relocation and Riekert: Attempts at Rural and Urban Stabilisation
Briefings: By Gerhard Mare.
Regulating Asbestos
Reports/Articles: By Industrial Health Research Group.
Regionalisation-Federalism
By William Cobbett, Daryl Glaser, Doug Hindson and Mark Swilling.
Raising the volume of workers’ voices: Fighting for the airwaves
Workers World Media Productions has worked hard to ensure that labour issues and workers’ voices get aired on the radio. …
Public Works in Welkom: Local People Take Ownership
Trade unions are critical of Public Works Programmes because of the low wages offered. However these small amounts of cash …
Priority goal: Reducing youth unemployment
Most of South Africa’s young people are unemployed. Thobile Yanta makes a plea for government and civil society to address …
Privatisation: a working alternative
In a remarkable display of teamwork, trade unions and the Cape Town municipality have extended proper water services to all …
Problems and opportunities: The Natalspruit market
As formal jobs shrink, informal trading becomes more important. David Dickinson and Louise Whittaker report on the Natalspruit market on …
Poverty and Gender Link: Are Schools Doing Enough?
School nutrition schemes are important for keeping poor children healthy and in schools. But, argues Jenni Karlsson, to truly break …