Media Disdain for Union Rights. Strikers’ Voices Ignored.

It seems that despite strikes being legal in South Africa, the media does not appreciate this right. Janeske Botes takes a look at newspaper reporting of the recent public sector strike and concludes that its negative stories swayed public opinion against strikers, demeaned women workers, failed to give relevant information and ensured strikers were voiceless.

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