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Cosatu

Vavi is back. after nine months of suspension, a successful lawsuit set the way
for Vavi's return to Cosatu.
This confirms Numsa's contention that the original suspension of Vavi violated Cosatu's constitution, indicating that Cosatu president S'dumo Dlaminiand
 his...

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Rana Plaza Amandla

On the 24th of April, one day after inspectors ordered the owners to evacuate the building, the Rana Plaza textile factory in Savar Bangladesh, employing over 3,000 workers, collapsed. Over a third of those inside were killed and many others sustained major injuries....

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Economics for people

Economics for people

Amandla! introduces a new column: Economics for people. In this column we demystify basic economic processes, concepts and debates so that activists are able to participate better in the struggles over the nature and direction of economic policy. One of the factors...

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Economics for people

Economics for people

Amandla! introduces a new column: Economics for people. In this column we demystify basic economic processes, concepts and debates so that activists are able to participate better in the struggles over the nature and direction of economic policy. One of the factors...

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Book review – TERRA: Jeanette Unite

First things first: if you are going to buy this book, I strongly suggest you purchase the limited edition black boxed special. Not only is the packaging itself an artwork, but it also does a good job of making an event out of an art book. Jeanette herself was quite...

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Platinum Miners

Platinum miners 'will pay for their sins' by André Janse van Vuuren LONMIN and the other major platinum producers of North West will bear the brunt of more violent community protests for as long as discontent over employment, poor service delivery and the harmful...

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