Democracy & Governance

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In an interview last year, Floyd Shivambu, the Economic Freedom Fighters’ (EFF) Deputy President, had this to say in response to Numsa’s reluctance to build unity with them: [1] “What we know is that efforts to start a rival socialist or workers’ party will dwindle into insignificance and will no

With the claims that a new trade union federation will be launched in March 2017, it is appropriate to draw up a balance sheet of the labour movement in South Africa, and ask whether the optimism of many that a new Left force is going to be unleashed is justified.

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Dealing with trade union mobilization in the Congo - without looking at the politics - is to refuse to understand the current apathy of social actors.

Despite its small population of just over two million people, Namibia has almost 40 trade unions split into three federations. The largest trade union federation is the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW), which represents an estimated 60 000–70 000 workers.

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Humanity has entered an interregnum of long duration and ever-increasing morbid symptoms. This conjuncture will generate a whole layer of populist leaders and movements, and new waves of suppression and militarism for the foreseeable future.

The Namibian national teachers’ strike that lasted almost two weeks from the 29 October until 8 November 2012 represents the most significant political challenge to the SWAPO-led government since political independence.

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