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Saftu calls on education department to ensure workers’ rights are upheld at Educor colleges
The department of higher education and training has reinstated the private college group’s registration after after revoking it in March
As the ANC loses its grip on power, its alliance members may be tempted to fill the gap they helped create
Building a leftist party to contest future elections will require exorcising existing organisations of their Stalinism — or creating something from a much smaller base
Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence
The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political…
College closures and the pitfalls of privatisation
As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
Educor qualifications are valid, says department
The department of higher education has assured students that they will not be left stranded following the decision to deregister four private colleges
Damelin, Lyceum College and CityVarsity deregistered
The South African Union of Students says the education department has been in the process of deregistering Educor’s private institutions since July 2023
Inflation’s defeat is an empty victory
This year will finally see interest rates fall. But whatever relief the Reserve Bank administers, it will have come too late for some
ArcelorMittal and the story of SA’s deindustrialisation
The steelmaker’s privatisation was the death knell for the country’s manufacturing industry This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account…
Agoa and labour’s ‘nothing about us, without us’ moment
Trade unions from the US and sub-Saharan Africa will be calling for decent work to be put on the agenda at this week’s Agoa forum
Interest rate pinch is not worth the pain
Tighter financial conditions will hurt an economy already brought to its knees by the government
‘Bitter medicine’: Reserve Bank raises repo rate 50 basis points
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago underlined the need for short-term pain in the interest of long-term gain
SA’s economic system chews up, spits out workers
When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?
EFF marched but it was no Sri Lanka moment
Police Minister Bheki Cele and his team of officers appear to be better at arresting radials than criminals
Shutdown is EFF’s dry run for the polls
The stayaway will test the party’s leadership, machinery and ability to mobilise its supporters on the streets and in the election booths
Little fires everywhere as SA comes to terms with economic decline
As the deteriorating economic conditions threaten to ignite another bout of social upheaval, we should consider our options for a co-ordinated blaze