The Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC), the publisher of Amandla!, is a founding member of the Right 2 Know campaign and is vigorously opposed to the idea of a media tribunal and other censorship. However, when reading the anti-union and anti-worker...
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Malema on the Ropes After Zuma Barrage
By Dominic Mahlangu, Charles Molele and Nkululeko Ncana20 September 2010Delegates applaud president's tough line ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema suffered a major defeat yesterday as President Jacob Zuma stamped his authority on the ruling party and read the riot...
South Africa: Workers Reject Offer But Trade Union Leaders Suspend Strike
By Jorge Martin 07 September 2010South Africa was moving towards a general strike type situation as the public sector strike that started on August 18 was building up momentum. Now the strike has been suspended by union leaders because of some concessions on the part...
Failure to Learn From Past the Main Culprit
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...
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...


