Sechaba Nkoana’s new book launched on May Day ignites debate on the crisis and future of South Africa’s labour movement
By Saul Molobi The launch of Sechaba Nkoana’s latest book, “Business Unionism and the Proliferation of Trade Unions in South…
Dr Malusi Gigaba: Why work is not a favour
Still in pursuit of a Social Contract Between the State and South Africa’s Working People On 12 August 1946, approximately…
Andile Msindwana: The Evolving Geography of Zenzile Miriam Makeba
Starting from the end, I’d summarise this narrative as how one woman’s exile mapped the limits of African liberation. We…
Publisher’s Comment: Entrenching the Workers’ Voice – De/constructing brand COSATU in the era of renewal
I have never formally belonged to an affiliate of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The closest I…
Andile Msindwana: The 1963 African Border Doctrine – Strategic Pacification or Foundational Betrayal?
To characterise the Organisation of African Unity’s 1963 doctrine as an “error” misframes the historical conditions under which it was adopted. The decision cannot…
Andile Msindwana: Borders within a Border (ESwatini and Lesotho)
Why does South Africa live with two other countries enclosed within its chest? What does that reveal about power, history, and the myth of clean maps? As we consider the…
Publisher’s Comment: Memory as Resistance – A life shaped by struggle
This freedom was never free. And yet, I am often told to forget – to move on, as though memory…
Andile Msindwana: Impact of Family Ownership in Business
For a customer when is it right to turn a blind eye? Do you have a right to question how…
Meshu Mokitimi: The man who held the history of Lesotho in his paintbrush
By Leoma Monaheng (Headline Photo by Motho Oa Bohlokoa) Some have called Ntate Meshu Mokitimi the Pablo Picasso of Africa…
Dr Malusi Gigaba: Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo and what 27 April 1994 actually required
Oliver Tambo died on 24 April 1993, fourteen days after Chris Hani was assassinated, and one year and three days…