Awu! Mawu!
On the 12 June the government brought back the State of Emergency. The police detained thousands of people and thousands of others went...
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The lonely life of a truck driver
Last year I wanted to go to Cape Town. I had no money so I decided to hitch a lift. I was standing on the road when a truck went past...
Workers who are bosses
On May 1 1985 the big Sarmcol BTR factory in Howick was dead quiet. Over 1000 workers stayed at home. They were very angry. The Sarmcol...
With no money and no jobs
“I used to work at K-Mart on the East Rand. But in 1983 they said they did not need me anymore. I have not had a job since then. I live...
Moss Mayekiso – Worker leader
Last week Moses Mayekiso was chosen as the general secretary of all MAWU — the Metal and Allied Workers’ Union. So Learn and Teach went...
1886 to 1986 – 100 Years of May Day
On the first day of May 1886, the factories in America were quiet. But the streets were full of noise – the noise of the workers singing....
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