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A ticking time bomb & a badge of poverty
The strike on South Africa's platinum belt is only one aspect of a much more severe domesic and global crisis. And some solutions had better be found — and soon.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
True building blocks for the future
June 16, 2014
Review: Book 'n Bricks by Sindiwe Magona. An inspirational and beautifully illustrated tale of a school that provides a signpost to a potentially more stable, egalitarian and healthy future.
Posted in: Book Reviews
Back to work on the SA platinum front
June 15, 2014
Barring some unforeseen last minute hitch it seems that the country’s longest mining strike is finally over. But it has been accompanied by some silly and dangerous comments.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Unions get back to democratic basics
June 1, 2014
Misunderstanding and confusion about the platinum sector pay issue persists. And much of the media is to blame for repeating, without analysis, the public relations spin of the mining companies. This distorted version of the facts states that the mining companies agreed to meet the R12 500 a month entry level wage demand, phased in […]
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
An ‘oasis of excellence’ in the Karoo
May 25, 2014
In the midst of the poor and semi-arid Karoo region is an holistic developmental project that has been hailed as "an oasis of excellence"; an example that could be followed.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
The myth of the lady with the lamp
May 18, 2014
Nursing unions and the media in South Africa last week noted that Monday was a day dedicated to nurses, to those who treat the sick and the ailing. And, as they did so, they continued to perpetuate a myth. The myth is that Florence Nightingale, was the unique “lady with the lamp”, who tended to […]
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Voting is over — new battles begin
May 11, 2014
South Africa's 2014 election is over, but for many participants it will be recriminations rather than celebrations that will follow a watershed election, signalling changes — and battles — to come.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Still waiting to attain the first May Day demand
May 7, 2014
It is 158 years since the first protest that gave rise to May Day — and the basic demand for an 8-hour day that launched it, has still not universally been met although it is more important now than ever.
Posted in: Inside Labour Column
Terry Bell Writes 
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