by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 23, 2010
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...
by Daniel Krähmer | Aug 31, 2010
By Khaye Nkwanyana27 August 2010 President Jacob Zuma, out of his anger and frustration at the public-sector wage dispute, is calling for trade unions not to make political statements. The president wants to erect a Chinese wall between the political arena and...
by Daniel Krähmer | Sep 7, 2010
By Samantha Enslin-Payne and Bloomberg7 September 2010Unions have suspended the 20-day public service strike to consider the government’s revised wage offer made last week, but they warned that this did not mean the offer had been accepted. Thobile Ntola, the...
by Daniel Krähmer | Sep 10, 2010
Zizi Kodwa, President Jacob Zuma’s special adviser on communications, says the South African media is in denial about its own shortcomings. The real threat to SA media freedom would not be the proposed Media Appeals Tribunal but the media’s denial that it...
by Daniel Krähmer | Sep 21, 2010
By Dominic Mahlangu, Noipone Malefane and Chandre PrinceBusiness leaders shell out millions to sit with top brass prior to ANC meeting Mining magnate Patrice Motsepe outbid everyone to secure a seat at President Jacob Zuma’s table at last night’s gala dinner ahead of...