Flowers in the desertThe sun was setting in the blue Namibian sky as we drove into the small town of Karibib on the edge of the Namib desert. Our guide was...
A fighting familySimon Nehale’s family began fighting for the freedom of Namibia long before he was born. The family comes from Ondangwa in the north of...
A taste of COSATUCornelius Sibeko, a 32 year old worker from the Bison Board paper mill in Piet Retief, visited Johannesburg for the first time in July...
Like father, like sonLast month Marks Mabeo had a lot of time on his hands. He did not work for three weeks. Like 340 000 other mineworkers, he was part of...
The making of historyThe mine workers of South Africa made history last month. For 21 days, 340 000 workers from nearly 50 gold and coal mines went out on...
A great workers’ victoryWhen 16 000 railway workers were fired on 13 March, many people said the workers would never get their jobs back. They thought that ...