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News & Views by Terry Bell
A R60bn robbery of SA homeowners
Over the past 20 years and more, thousands of working people in South Africa have been made homeless and effectively robbed of billions of rands by a system forced property sales that is probably the worst in the world.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Former SA exiles hail Jeremy Corbyn
June 11, 2017
Former SA exiles will hail the UK election result that saw "a grey-bearded, bicycle riding socialist politician", Jeremy Corbyn, a whisker of the premiership. They remember him for his steadfast support during the dark days of apartheid.
Posted in: General reporting
Weather, workers & a greener environment
June 11, 2017
Increasing unemployment, controversial evictions and the first cold snap of winter have highlighted the plight not only of the homeless, but also of probably the hardest working and most poorly paid of entreprenurial labourers. At the same time a greener, job creating future beckons.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
GM quitting SA is a wake-up call to all
May 29, 2017
The General Motors pull-out of South Africa is an excellent example of the dilemma facing more and more companies on a global scale: the need to remain profitable in a world of cut-throat competition in an environment of surplus capacity and production. And for every bit of corporate gain, it will be workers who will bear the pain.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
How chaos came to the “Roof of the World”
May 29, 2017
"We knocked the bastard off," Ed Hillary remarked when he and Tenzing Norgay returned from conquering the world's highest peak. They never saw what their triumph would mean, given the the fortuitous timing of the ascent of Mt Everest.
Posted in: Commentary
‘Ghastly’ reality on SA roads
May 13, 2017
An Easter weekend death toll of 235, with m ore than 1,000 people injured, highlighted the complex problems with South Africa's road transport. It is a situation where many truck, bus and coach drivers maintain that their harsh conditions have been little changed in 25 years.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
De Klerk ‘a problem with national dialogue’
May 8, 2017
Why the inclusion of former apartheid president FW de Klerk is a millstone around the neck of the "national dialogue" initiative about the future of South Africa launched by former ANC president, Thabo Mbeki.
Posted in: Commentary
June 16, 2017
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