Learn and Teach reviews a shocking report about the way farmers treat their workers…. For thirty years, Mr Jacob Maseko and his family have lived on a farm owned by a Mr Simon in [...]
We do not have to tell you how the workers of this country have suffered -and continue to suffer-under apartheid. But we can remind you that some workers are worse off than others- like farm [...]
Alfred Vanqa and Michael Nqushu tried hard to get work near their homes in Queenstown. After a long search they realised that their chances of getting employment in the area were slim – the [...]
Worker Ishmael Ramothibe paid tribute to Nelson Mandela… and got fired! But his union, the National Union of Metalworkers (NUMSA) fought back… Everyday — well, almost, every day — for [...]
Railway workers strike for a living wage Thousands of railway workers around the county went on strike at the beginning of November in support of their demand for a living wage. Learn and Teach [...]
This is the story of over 400 taxi drivers who have joined the Transport and General Workers Union in Vereeniging. Together, they are demanding better wages and working conditions – and at [...]
Once they were strong and healthy mineworkers, working in the belly of the earth. Today, many are in wheelchairs, the result of accidents on the mines. Overnight, life has become a struggle to [...]
“This book is dedicated to the working people of South Africa, especially the migrant workers.” So begins the book “A Working Life, Cruel Beyond Belief”, written by COSATU [...]
In April 1908, a poor labourer by the name of Zacharias Lewala was walking along the beach near Luderitz when he saw something glittering in the sunshine. He bent down to have a closer look and [...]
An interview with John Ya Otto, General Secretary of the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW). In 1959, Sam Nujoma, then the leader of the Ovamboland People’s Organisation, asked a [...]
