Labour Brokers’ Reign of Terror at UKZN

By Trevor Ngwane and Zamani HlatshwayoWorkers at South Africa’s universities have seen wages and conditions of service nosedive because of “outsourcing”. This happened in the context of the post-apartheid government’s shift away from Reconstructoin and Development in...

Water: A Crisis in Free-Fall

By Jeff RudinStreet protests have become an almost daily occurrence in recent times. Water figures prominently amongst the triggers of such public anger. A complex of inter-related political, financial and technical factors are involved. In this the second part of his...

The housing crisis

As demonstrated in these pages the housing crisis is complex and multi-layered and cannot be separated from the wider social malaise facing South Africa. The causes of this crisis include policy confusion, market-based mechanisms for service provision, and the...