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4 months ago
How global supply chains keep workers poor
Three case studies show how the cycle can be broken.
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4 months ago
How the State discards the women who built community health care
A Community Health Worker bears witness to the women who built care in their communities and now retire with no pension, no recognition, and nowhere to belong.
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4 months ago
Productivity is political
How do we think about productivity and bargaining, and what can we do?
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4 months ago
Inflation Monitor | April 2026
The annual headline inflation rate increased to 4% in April 2026 from 3.1% in March 2026.
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4 months ago
The top ten highest-paid CEOs in South Africa in 2025
The highest-paid CEO earned 29 times more than the typical JSE Top 40 CEO. None of the top five are South African. Only 5 of the 40 are led by women.
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4 months ago
Why proudly South African clothes are being made in “sweatshops”
92% of clothing manufacturers in Newcastle do not comply with Bargaining Council rules, says the council’s lawyer.
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5 months ago
A lifetime of care work repaid with erasure
A son reflects on his mother’s 20-year career as a Community Health Worker and the implications of her retiring without a pension or recognition.
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5 months ago
A Day in the life of an ECD Practitioner
In rural Ga-Mailula, ECD practitioner Francina Kubjane turns a humble day care centre into a place of belonging and excellence.
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5 months ago
Union or forum? The pros and cons of alternative forms of organised labour
The South African Care Workers Forum shows that workers are reimagining models of organised labour and redefining how voice and power are built.
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5 months ago
The dignity crisis facing Community Health Workers
A nation that claims dignity as a founding value cannot continue denying it to the care workers who sustain its capacity to care.