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E-tolls, excrement and a 2014 election
June 21, 2013
E-tolling, excrement and expanded public works. There three "Es" are likely to be major campaigning features as South Africa heads towards the 2014 election.
Economic war in South Africa
June 14, 2013
The “agrarian transformation”, announced on June 12 by two major SA trade unions extended well beyond farm lands and remote rural areas. It can be summarised by the famous 1992 quote by US President Bill Clinton: “(It’s) the economy, stupid.”
Why double digit pay rises are justified
June 6, 2013
The annual wage bargaining season — erroneously labelled the “strike season” — is upon us. But this does not mean a pending strike wave: most negotiations — as happens every year — will be concluded without any industrial disruption.
Judaism, the Holocaust & Zionism
June 2, 2013
The abuse, both of Judaism and the Holocaust, by more extreme adherents of the fundamentally racist political philosophy of Zionism, continues. And the mainstream media continues blindly to use terminology that supports this particular ideological view.
The ANC-Alliance soap opera trundles on
May 30, 2013
“Confusion hath made his masterpiece.” That Shakespearian quote sums up the statements, comments, reports and machinations surrounding the latest episode of the ANC-Alliance soap opera.
Organisational rights & democracy
May 29, 2013
Potentially turbulent and conflicting currents among trade union federations have been exposed following an attempt by deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe to calm troubled labour relations waters.
Terry Bell Writes 
Mandela: the myths & and the man
June 28, 2013
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Demolishing the myths about Mandela reveals an exceptional man who, in his own words, was subject to "all the usual frailties".