Browsing All posts tagged under »politics«

The Marikana watershed

August 4, 2013

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The massacre at Marikana was a watershed, a turning point that is likely to have a profound and long-term impact on South Africa's social and political environment.

Labour backs child beating ban

August 2, 2013

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South Africa, steeped for generations in the violent resolution of disputes, is about to take a step to get to the roots of the problem.

The rights role of the labour movement

July 25, 2013

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Fascism looms and the labour movement has a critical role to play as we face the possibility of the erosion of the democratic choice and individual rights we now enjoy

Red herring: equating socialism & nationalisation

July 19, 2013

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The simple nationalism equals socialism equation, widely touted within the trade union movement, has become difficult to sustain — and was dealt with quite comprehensively more than 130 years ago.

Need to confront poisonous roots of the past

July 12, 2013

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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

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The labour movement has a number of policy alternatives that deserve serious consideration.

A micro-chip road to real democracy

July 1, 2013

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Modern technology is making the bulk of humanity increasingly redundant. But the same technology could end the obscene waste of human potential.

Left spectre haunts the ANC/SACP

June 27, 2013

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ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe conjured up a spectre from South Africa’s trade union past when he blamed the "Swedes and Irish" for the "anarchy" on the platinum mines.