SAFTU 2 ND CENTRAL COMMITTEE STATEMENT
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) converged for its 2nd Central Committee (CC) under the theme, Building Workers Unity for Working Class Power […]
2021
WILL VICTIMS OF MARIKANA EVER GET JUSTICE UNDER THE ANC GOVERNMENT?
On 16 August 2012, striking mineworkers at Lonmin in Marikana were mowed down in a bloody massacre, leaving 34 miners dead and about 78 injured. […]
A SHAMEFUL PRESIDENTIAL PERFORMANCE THAT FOREVER STAINS CYRIL RAMAPHOSA’S INTEGRITY
Martin Luther King Jr once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where […]
THE 1956 WOMEN’S ANTI-PASS MARCH AND THE HISTORICAL CONTINUITIES OF WOMEN STRUGGLES IN THE POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
On 09 August 1956, about 20 000 women marched to the union building seeking audience with the racist minority regime. The revolutionary women left bundles […]
DEADWOOD: MINISTERS OR POLICIES, OR BOTH? SAFTU’s SUGGESTED EDITS FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS ON THE 5 AUGUST 2021 CABINET RESHUFFLE: WHAT RAMAPHOSA SHOULD HAVE TOLD THE NATION
Dear South Africans Our country is going through tremendous challenges as a result of both the apartheid inheritance and then three decades of adherence to […]
IS PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA’S WAR ON CORRUPTION REAL, FACTIONAL OR BOTH?
In the Special Investigation Unit report submitted to President Cyril Ramaphosa, it is evident that Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize is deeply entangled in the […]