Labour
Marikana: Lonmin’s broken promises
Lonmin has broken its promises to build housing for employees, say the Marikana Commission's evidence leaders.
Alide Dasnois
News | 5 November 2014
Marikana: how the police “constructed” their story
Police evidence to the Marikana Commission was "constructed" at a meeting in Potchefstroom soon after the massacre of 34 miners in 2012, according to the commission’s evidence leaders.
Alide Dasnois
News | 5 November 2014
Making a living selling smileys
Nombulelo Mtibe eeks out a living selling smileys. And no, a smiley is not an emoticon on your phone!
Pharie Sefali
News | 3 November 2014
Clarifying the COSATU confusion
Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. I tender this classic apology on behalf of many of my fellow journalists who have recently misled the public about the situation regarding the National Union of Metalworkers (Numsa) and the Cosatu federation.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 3 November 2014
Union calls for R2,500 minimum wage for domestic workers
Domestic workers are calling for the minimum wage to be set at R2,500 a month when the Department of Labour announces the annual minimum wage increase in a few week’s time.
Thembela Ntongana and Zintle Swana
News | 30 October 2014
etv: emails show who really runs the show
A credibility crisis in South Africa’s independent media is unfolding this week, writes Patrick Bond.
Patrick Bond
Analysis | 28 October 2014
Battle over stipends in public works programme
Bambanani is an organisation that provides community safety. It operates as a public works programme under the auspices of the Department of Community and Safety. But some of their employees --or volunteers, depending on your perspective-- are frustrated with the stipends they receive.
Thembela Ntongana
News | 27 October 2014
Who is to blame for the PO rot
The strike bound South African Post Office (Sapo) has been badly damaged. And not by greedy workers and belligerent unions, but by mismanagement, corruption and a total lack of planning and foresight. The strike in its eleventh week is not a cause, but a symptom of the malaise.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 27 October 2014
Lonmin’s Bermuda Triangle
Platinum mining giant Lonmin could have found the money to meet rock drillers’ pay demands instead of shifting funds between subsidiaries, possibly to avoid tax.
GroundUp staff
News | 16 October 2014