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...
Letters from our readers 1985 No 6
Dear Learn and Teach Please help me. I am in my last year at school. But because of the trouble in the townships, there are no exams this...
A showdown in Western
It’s on a Thursday night, half past seven in Western Township, Johannesburg. The hall is full. A man is standing at the front talking....
Learning after work
The bell rings. It’s five o’clock and it’s tjaile time at the Rolfes Factory in Elandsfontein. Some workers walk back to the hostel for a...
Good times and bad times
Many people think that I am just a piece of rubbish because I work in the rubbish dump,” says maMotaung. “1 want people to hear my story....
The birth of Cosatu
Thousands of people came from all over South Africa. They came on bicycles. Others came in cars and taxis. Many came by bus and a few...