Opinion
South Africa has a draft sanitation policy, at last
But where are the timeframes?
Opinion | 4 March 2016
Gordhan versus the unions versus the rating agencies
Despite murmurs of support there are signs that unions are unhappy with the budget
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 28 February 2016
How trade unions reacted to the Sona
Much point-scoring with the one good proposal lost in the noise
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 22 February 2016
Community voices muted at Alternative Mining Indaba
By giving corporations a bigger stake, the people affected by mining are being marginalised
Opinion | 18 February 2016
Minimum wages: too high will hurt poor people
At Cosatu's demand of R4,500 per month, we risk increasing unemployment
Opinion | 15 February 2016
Zuma's national minimum wage "own goal"
President is placating business and wavering on policy
By Gilad Isaacs
Opinion | 15 February 2016
Unions justified to demand double digit pay increases
But is the labour movement sufficiently united, independent and democratic to defend workers?
By Terry Bell
Opinion | 8 February 2016
Vodacom and MTN: hands off WhatsApp and Skype
Companies want to restrict our access to new data services because they're harder to spy on
Opinion | 3 February 2016
Mbeki’s reputation is not in tatters because he was aloof
It's because his policies caused hundreds of thousands of avoidable deaths
Opinion | 1 February 2016