Domestic workers do have some rights
There are some laws that look after domestic workers. If you do not get what the law says, go see a lawyer. The lawyer will help you. The...
Tomorrow is built today
A review of a book by Andrew Nyathi with John Hoffman, published by Anvil Press, Harare, Zimbabwe, 1990. ANDREW NYATHI has written a book...
Organising the unorganised
An advice centre in Pretoria is doing its best to help workers with their labour problems... I have always wondered what was happening...
Privatisation the debate
Over the past few months there has been a fierce debate about what kind of economic policy South Africa should follow. At the heart of...
What Cosatu believes in
"We the trade unions meeting here today, say to all that we want a united South Africa. We say no more apartheid, low wages, poverty and...
Thomas thinks about 1986
On the 5th of November this year, when I got home from work I saw two ‘laities’, with painted faces and wearing women’s clothes. When I...
No place like Feitas
Ten years ago if you wanted to find the best bargains and the cheapest shops in Jo’burg, there was only place to go — Feitas. But today...
Unity in struggle
Early one Sunday morning last month, while most of you were still in dreamland, we crawled out of bed and made our way to Mathopestad, in...
Our readers write 1987 No 1
We have got many stories, jokes and poems from our readers. So now we are going to have a special page for our readers’ writings. SOME...
The hottest stix in town
About twenty years ago, Orlando West High School needed money. The principal told the students to give a concert. But the school had no...
Life on the farms
Mr Jongilanga and his family live and work on a farm in the Eastern Transvaal. The story of their lives is terrible. But their story is...
Letters from our readers 1990 No 7
Dear Learn and Teach, I was deeply moved by the story of Ishmael Ramotchibe that appeared in Learn and Teach no3.1990, "Black like...
