Cutting labour costs not the answer

A global wage agreement and a healthy, educated workforce are necessary to produce long-lasting jobs, writes Doron Isaacs and Ilan Strauss.

Time for mass action once more

The struggle for equal and quality education was a prominent part of the uprising that broke the back of apartheid in the 1980s.

Jobs for pals are sometimes okay

The M&G is starting a debate about party deployments. This week Doron Isaacs argues that it is a global phenomenon

Moderates on both sides need support

There is a significant sense among liberal South African Jews, who identify themselves with those who support an equitable negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, that too little international exposure and support is given to some positive initiatives and to the very active Israeli left wing, which opposes the policies of the current Israeli government.