Not Woman Enough
Jamela Robertson was born in Dan Village in Limpopo. She has written a funny, heart-rending and brave book about her …
Vol 30 No 5 Dec 2006/Jan 2007
Is Cosatu playing with the devil?: Investigating the AFL-CIO and its Solidarity Center
The US labour centre, the AFL-CIO has a Solidarity Center in South Africa. Few unionists know what it does or …
International consumer campaigns: Can they work?
Ethical consumers are on the increase in Europe and the US. Yet as Gay Seidman questions through three examples, can …
Gun Free Zones: Can we stem the flow of guns?
Gun deaths and injuries are the cause of terrible trauma for the people of South Africa. Adele Kirsten talks about …
Fear and loathing in Ramatex’s Namibain factory
The giant Malaysian textile multinational Ramatex is a brutal example of a company hunting down profits across the globe through …
Dirty work of democracy: A year on the streets with the SAPS by Antony Altbeker (Jonathan Ball) and Transforming the Robocops: changing police in South Africa by Monique Marks (UKZN Press)
This article reviews the above two titles. Review by Karl von Holdt. Attachments Review. The dirty work of democracy. …
Cosatu drags heels on HIV/AIDS
Cosatu has passed fine resolutions on the issue of HIV/AIDS but Azad Essa queries whether the federation and most of …
Case study: National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa’s (Numsa) reponse to HIV/AIDS
Case study by NUMSA Attachments Cosatu drags heels on HIVAIDS_1 (112 kB)
Can unions organise the unemployed? Giwusa gives it a bash
Giwusa (General & Industrial Workers Union of SA) is a rare union that organises and services the employed and unemployed. …
British academics not scared to take action
Chris Bolsman used to teach at the University of Johannesburg where it was unheard of for academics staff to go …