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Workers are members of the public who happen to work for the government to sustain their lives and those of their families, and they deserve to be remunerated for a living like all other workers. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
CONSTITUTIONAL COURT

There is no place for scab labour in SA

Replacement labour, which stands to prolong industrial action and lockouts, undermines the right to strike

  • Sarah Smit
5 min read
The happy couple: What did psychiatrist Ingrid Williamson think and feel knowing that her husband, Craig, had been responsible for killing Ruth First, Jeanette Schoon and her daughter Katryn?
CRADOCK FOUR

The two faces of Doctor Williamson, wife of an apartheid serial killer

Ingrid Evita Williamson is a psychiatrist praised for her kindness. But for nearly 50 years she has been the devoted wife of Craig Williamson, the security policeman who admitted…

  • Drew Forrest
12 min read
Military officers patrol as Venezuelan women walk towards Santa Elena to sleep, after checking their passports or identity cards at the Pacaraima border control, Roraima state, Brazil. (Reuters/Nacho Doce)
BUS STRIKE

Bus services expected to resume tomorrow

The sticking point that delayed a settlement was the insistence by the unions that the agreed 9% pay rise be backdated to April 1

  • Terry Bell
1 min read
Saftu leaders are confident that a number of Cosatu-affiliated unions will join them.
MAY DAY

Saftu submits first parliamentary objection to minimum wage

The minimum wage was initially supposed to be introduced on May 1. However, this has been delayed.

  • Terry Bell
1 min read
Neoliberalism and the march of impunity in Equatorial Guinea (Photo Archive)
AFCON 2015

Afcon festivities belie Equatorial Guinea’s tyrannical history

With the world’s eyes on the tiny African nation, its president is hoping the Africa Cup of Nations will bring the approval he so desperately seeks.

  • Terry Bell
8 min read
PROPHET MUHAMMAD

Bigotry rides rampant

Bigotry is again riding rampant in reaction to last week’s Zapiro cartoon in the <i>Mail & Guardian</i>, argues political analyst <b>Terry Bell</b>.

  • Terry Bell
4 min read
SOUTH AFRICA

When free lunches are hard to swallow

Within the trade union movement, billions have been made by those who chose the path of investing the money of unionised workers.

  • Terry Bell
5 min read