The probable expulsion of Numsa from Cosatu marks the beginning of a profound re-organisation and possible renewal of the workers' movement. The most likely outcome will be the emergence of a new federation organised around Numsa, along with the eight other unions...
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Unsustainable ‘best in class’ Lonmin: destined for breakdowns | by Amandla! editorial staff
Only one week before the massacre in Marikana on 16 August last year, Bench Marks Foundation published its report, 'Policy Gap 6'. It was a part of a long series of critical studies of SA mining. It described in detail the social and environmental havoc created by...
Editorial : Polokwane to Mangaung: five wasted years: What prospects for the Left?
Polokwane has come and gone. Mangaung is upon us and the prospects for the left remains the same: quite dismal, at least inside the ANC, with its current power configurations. Talk of a 2nd transition or of a Lula moment conjure the illusion of a break with what's...
Dying for the environment | by Joan Martinez-Alier
One of EJOLT's* main tasks - of which I am the coordinator - is to collect and map a large global inventory (not less than 2000 cases) of environmental conflicts. Some will be success stories of forests saved, of dams or mining projects stopped. Others, of recurring...
Mahlangu found guilty by the High Court of murdering Eugene Terre’Blanche
Mahlangu found guilty by the High Court of murdering Eugene Terre'Blanche
Painting depicting Zuma with his genitals exposed has been “completely defaced”
Painting depicting Zuma with his genitals exposed has been "completely defaced"
The SACP accused the DA of using apartheid-era tactics
The SACP accused the DA of using apartheid-era tactics

