Masondo, Somyagazisa Malele (Masondo we’ll shake you while you sleep) – a Favourite Song in Our Cells.
When a busload of demonstrators were arrested outside Amos Masondo’s house in April, the mayor surely hoped that ten days …
In the Workplace
Mass action against the Labour Bill
Workers are expressing a growing anger about the Labour Relations Amendment Bill and the political restrictions placed on COSATU and …
Managerialism and the Mode of Production in South Africa
By Belinda Bozzoli
Managing downscaling: a social plan for the mining industry
Early this year, the NUM initiated a gold summit to deal with the current crisis in the gold mining industry. …
Many streams, one union NUMSA on the 21st century Interview with Silumko Nondwangu
Etienne Vlok interviews Silumko Nondwangu, NUMSA general secretary Attachments Many streams, one union. NUMSA in the 21st century. Interview …
Mapping out the future: The public sector in the wake of the nurses’ strike
This article continues the discussion on the nurses’ strike and its implications. It looks at the strike in the broader …
Marikana & end of joneymoon
The Marikana massacre signals the end of a honeymoon in South African politics, says Tinyiko Sam Maluleke in an interview …
Major victory for contract cleaners
Labour Action: Devan Pillay Reports
Making Garments in Southern Africa: Talke of Weak Enforcement
South African firms in the garment industry operate in former apartheid decentralised zones and in Swaziland and Lesotho. Andries Bezuidenhout …
Making sex work legal
The South African Law Reform Commission (SALRC) asked South African society about its views on sex work during one of …