By Terry Bell27 August 2010 If the public sector strike is not settled by today then, by this time next week, the country could be on the brink of an even greater shutdown. Cosatu unions have already promised solidarity action and National Council of Trade Unions...
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The Left and the Nationalisation Debate: Shape it, Don’t Sidestep it
By Brian AshleyRegardless of the ANC Youth League’s (ANCYL) intentions or twists and turns, they have nevertheless successfully put the issue of nationalisation on the public agenda. And it is not going away. Furthermore, the fact that some unions also have raised the...
South Africa: Public Sector Strike Highlights Post-Apartheid’s Contradictions
By Patrick BondAugust 22, 2010 - The two major civil service unions on strike against the South African government have vowed to intensify pressure in coming days, in a struggle pitting more than a million members of the middle and lower ranks of society against a...
Popular Organisations Vow to Fight for a Unified National Health System
The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) together with the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and the Peoples Health Movement (PHM) held a very successful seminar on the proposed National Health Insurance...

