Climate Crisis and Unemployment – Reinventing the CWP and EPWP Toward a Green Jobs Programme
Zaki MamdooArguably, the crises of unemployment and climate catastrophe pose the most significant threats to the stability and growth of South Africa and the well-being of all its people. If these crises are not addressed and…
Editorial
Jenny GriceTaking charge of the Just Transition? Much of this issue focuses on the Just Transition (JT). Depending on who you talk to or what you read, this can be a narrow transition just around energy…
Oupa Lehulure: 1960—2021
Khanya CollegeA lifelong struggle for the working class Oupa Lehulere was born in Cape Town in 1960. After primary school he went to Fezeka High School in Gugulethu. Fezeka High School had a history of political…
The PCC – What does labour say?
Woodrajh ArounWoodrajh Aroun spoke to Mbulaheni Mbodi (NUMSA shop steward and National Secretary of Eskom Shopstewards Council) and Mac Chavalala (SAFTU president) who are both labour representatives on the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC). What is your…
BRIEFS
Jenny Grice and Sandra HlungwaniTrade Union news AMCU to appeal judgment declaring Mathunjwa’s election as president invalid The Association of Mining and Construction Workers’ Union (AMCU) says it will appeal the judgment in the labour court that found the…
Mining communities under attack
Jenny GriceCommunities resisting attempts by mining companies to dig deep in their areas are increasingly finding that their lives are in danger. · Xolobeni, a rural community on the Eastern Cape coast where 12 villagers who opposed…
Toxic capitalism has led to the climate crisis, says academic Jacklyn Cock
Ufrieda HoThe climate crisis isn’t the problem; capitalism gone toxic is, says activist and academic Jacklyn Cock, who plots out where pushback in the form of new ‘eco-politics’ might offer some solutions. Ufrieda Ho reports. The…
PCC Stakeholder Engagement – What does labour say?
Mbulaheni Mbodi and Mac ChavalalaWoodrajh Aroun spoke to Mbulaheni Mbodi (NUMSA shop steward and National Secretary of Eskom Shopsteward Council) and Mac Chavalala (SAFTU president) to get labour’s views on the PCC. What is your assessment of the PCC’s…
Representing workers on a mandate
Christine OlivierLong-time NUMSA trade unionist, Christine Olivier, has just been elected the assistant general secretary of the 50 million-strong global trade union federation, IndustriALL. She is the first African woman to hold this position. Neo Bodibe…
South Africa’s power sector: unravelling for good?
Dinga SikwebuLabour needs to get on top of rapid changes taking place in the electricity industry and deal with the climate emergency for the sake of its members, says Dinga Sikwebu. Although cliched, George Galloway’s saying:…