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Very little ‘sunshine’ for workers
Following a proposal from the SABC that South Africa’s national broadcaster should present 70% “sunshine news”, it seemed appropriate to look at this from a wider — and working class — viewpoint, writes Terry Bell
The worry that is Wonga
September 20, 2013
There are lessons to be learned and warnings to be heeded in the actions of the legal loan sharks and in reactions to their preying of the most vulnerable sectors of society.
What SA shop stewards really think
August 30, 2013
Critical elements of a long-awaited survey of the attitudes of Cosatu shop stewards are finally available — and they provide much food for analysis and thought.
Democracy needs labour unity
August 23, 2013
Unless trade unions go back to basics, back to democratic control, to accountable and recallable union leaders the immediate future for South Africa's labour movement and for the country’s fledgling democracy could be bleak.
Need to confront poisonous roots of the past
July 12, 2013
The poisonous roots of Marikana go back at least 15 years — and must be confronted if anything is to change.
Pay rises, policy alternatives & regime change
July 4, 2013
The labour movement has a number of policy alternatives that deserve serious consideration.
Terry Bell Writes 
October 4, 2013
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