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What SA shop stewards really think
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.
Sectarian shame of the SACP
August 16, 2013
Shortly after the column below was written and blogged, the SA Communist Party issued its statement on Marikana that reveals the deep and dangerous sectarianism of this organisation. Here, I feel, is exposed one of the roots of the problem. I include here the final paragraph of that statement as an introduction to a repeat […]
The Marikana watershed
August 4, 2013
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.
Why Amcu baulks
July 14, 2013
Amcu negotiators are not being pig-headed in not signing peace deals. They have a rank and file to answer to.
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.
Terry Bell Writes 
August 30, 2013
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