May Day

With millions of South Africans unemployed — particularly young people — employers wield enormous power. The message is clear: “If you don’t accept these conditions, there are…

Trade unions are still the best way of organising resistance to the violence of capitalism

About 32% of the population is unemployed; of the employed, 35.9% are in informal work; and of the formally employed, nearly 40% earn less than R3,500 a month

The issue lies in management-by-algorithm — the technologically ‘objective’ use of people analytics, big data and AI to manage the workforce

When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?

SA’s economy will need a growing supply of tech experts such as programmers and roboticists

Those tasked with raising people out of oppression have done a poor job of it in the past 26 years

At best the rally was a sad reminder of just how badly the battle for control of the governing party have decimated the ANC’s alliance partner.

A hot day at Sugar Ray Xulu with campaigning almost over may show why the ruling party should be worried

The president talked up his achievements in the last year at a May Day rally organised by Cosatu in Durban

The EFF leader says Alexandra is an indication of how the governing party has done nothing to improve the lives of township residents

But an apparition at the march morphs into Niehaus – Daddy has even gutted Cosatu

The president has hit back at critics of the national minimum wage saying the proposed R20 an hour is just a baseline

The labour union has taken aim at trade federation Cosatu for allowing the president to address workers at their May Day celebration

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