Statement: NUMSA Supports Public Workers Strike

18 August 2010 1.      The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa)  supports the decision by the public sector workers to go to a rolling mass action in demand of a living wage and improved conditions of employment. This public workers strike should be...
French Government in Deep Trouble Over Pension Law

French Government in Deep Trouble Over Pension Law

By Benny Asman, reporting for Amandla! from BrusselsThe entire French society is coming out against the law adopted by Senate and Parliament. The law reduces pensions and raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. More than three million workers, students and learners...
ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA IS ORGANISATION

ANTIDOTE TO XENOPHOBIA IS ORGANISATION

THE PERSISTENT PREVALENCE OF xenophobic attitudes within the working class is no surprise. Nor is the emergence in many townships of Operation Dudula, an openly reactionary and right-wing organisation. Equally unsurprising is the resonance of Operation Dudula in...
CRISIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIES IN COST RECOVERY FINANCING

CRISIS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT LIES IN COST RECOVERY FINANCING

NOT SO LONG AGO, LOCAL government was blamed for the failures of the “new” democratic order in South Africa. Once known as the hands and feet of government, it was the target of protest by working-class communities frustrated by poor service delivery and the...