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APARTHEID

Lessons from South Africa’s past for a future of collective empowerment

Education’s role in fostering critical consciousness and political engagement has been side-lined in favour of a narrow focus on individual success and economic competitiveness

  • Vashna Jagarnath
6 min read
Durban, 1973: Workers at the Consolidated Textile Mill in Jacobs demand a wage hike of R5.
ALCON

The seeds of the 1973 Durban strikes still grow

Several unions were formed in the wake of the seminal strikes 50 years ago, including the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa

  • Irvin Jim
8 min read
FEDERATION OF SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE UNIONS

Unions support strike by lawyers

High salaries paid to legal executives is a great cause for concern, the Federation of South African Trade Unions (Fedusa) said on Tuesday.

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read