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For all his initial enthusiasm, Minister of Mineral Resources Ngoako Ramathlodi's attempts to resolve the platinum strike met the same fate as those of the CCMA, the minister of labour and the Labour Court. The parties downing tools rejected the minister's proposal...
by Khalid Shaalan: This article orginally appeared Mada Masr Western media coverage of the massive waves of protests in Egypt over the past two days is revealing of a number of problems that plague knowledge production about the Arab world. As crowds across the...
"Adcorp's Employment Index" (AEI) has reached the Office of the Presidency of South Africa. Speaking at the Wits Business School, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthle reportedly claimed that labour productivity in SA has "declined by 41.2% since 1993" (polity.org.za,...
Introducing Kyle Shepherd Kyle Shepherd re-imagines freedom, a whole new musical language his toolkit to unlock the doors of liberation with spare, meditative, emotionally-charged renderings. He composes music derived from the almost extinct click language of the...
Is it important at a memorial service to use the sanctity of the occasion – sanctified by death, grieving and remembering - also to continue to speak truth to power? Debatable, perhaps, but not, I venture to quess, for Neville. For he lived to so speak: truth to...
The negotiations between Malema and the police on Saturday came after complaints from Lonmin workers and residents that they felt uncomfortable engaging with Malema with the police the Around three police nyalas were parked in the area. Police heeded Malema's call...
In his book Art and The End of Apartheid, John Peffer writes about the Medu Art Ensemble: “For them a true culture of the people would be one that was not exclusive to the elite of the world of art galleries, but was seen in the streets, on T-shirts and posters (…).”...
Contrary to many an opinion, the ANC's best friend these days is by now the infamous painting by Brett Murray. As things stand, they have reason to thank the artist for giving them a unique opportunity to further secure their core voting constituency from the further...
Dr. Mads Gilbert and a team of Palestinian surgeons prepare emergency treatment at al-Shifa hospital during Israel’s invasion of Gaza in January 2009. (NORWAC) For many people around the world, Israel’s three-week attack on the Gaza Strip in late 2008 and early 2009...