The International Labour Organisation needs to work against narratives that portray Africans as charity cases, and introduce democratic decision-making processes
Revolutions have grown out of less — millions of people without salaries are not going to sit quietly, watching elites live undisturbed
The unemployment figures in Statistics South Africa’s latest quarterly report are shocking, but 3.5-million people are missing from the official count
The convention is critical in terms of promoting and protecting the rights of working women
South African policies need to recognise thi
Proposed new legislation would make it possible for domestic workers to claim compensation for injury, illness or death on the job
The definition includes adoptive parents and commissioning parents in surrogacy cases
The organisation wants to defend teachers’ right to strike in its submission to the essential services committee
​Gender parity is both an economic and a moral imperative
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/ 31 January 2011
Work, ideally, should be decent. Respectable work in a safe environment with adequate remuneration is a goal to which most people aspire.