Everywhere you look in Witbank there are black mountains of coal and lots of men on street corners and at the pass office. The black...

Thandisizwe Mehlomakulu is play­ing on the floor. His mother, Zora Mehlomakulu, is sitting at her desk. The office around her is not very...

“Gencor is an unholy company,” said one worker.” Not even a baboon can stick it there.” Many workers feel the same way about Gencor. Ask...

The buses stood empty, waiting to take the workers home. Each bus had a big sign on the windscreen: Lesotho, Transkei, Kwa-Zulu and so...

The bell rings. It’s five o’clock and it’s tjaile time at the Rolfes Factory in Elandsfontein. Some workers walk back to the hostel for a...

Thousands of people came from all over South Africa. They came on bicycles. Others came in cars and taxis. Many came by bus and a few...