Letters – Working conditions on South African mines

by | Jul 11, 2012

Working conditions on South African mines Dear Amandla! There is an urgent need for intervention in the way in which mine workers continue to operate in South Africa, despite the presence of unions. The three existing unions seem to grapple with the nature of their...
COSATU’s precarious challenge

COSATU’s precarious challenge

by | Apr 18, 2013

It is true we in live a world where technology and globalisation give the impression of rapid change and constant flux. The mouthpieces of capital, marching under the banner of ‘labour flexibility’, insist that this reality must be reflected in the world...

Responses

by | Mar 28, 2014

Sakhela Buhlungu: It has taken more than 20 years for the dominant current of South Africa’s labour movement to begin to emerge from stasis resulting from its embeddedness within the ruling political block led by the African National Congress. The massacre of...