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Numsa general secretary Irvin Jim

Former Numsa leader accuses Irvin Jim of perjury and abuse of power

Ruth Mamolaba Ntlokotse says Jim filed a false affidavit in court and suppressed internal dissent, raising questions about governance and accountability

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Competition Commission to look into complaint over Actom’s acquisition of SSPM

Afro-Map, which failed in its own bid to buy the transformer producer, filed the complaint, saying provisions of the Competition Act were flouted in the deal

There has always been a special bond between the liberation struggles in South Africa and Palestine, rooted in their shared experience of brutal settler colonial oppression.

The blood of South Africa’s past demands we condemn genocide in Gaza

As Archbishop Desmond Tutu said, ‘If you are neutral in the face of suffering, you are on the side of the oppressor’

ArcelorMittal South Africa and smaller manufacturers, including the vehicle industry, are facing headwinds. Photo: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance/Getty Images

Crisis deepens in SA’s industrial economy, including erosion of bargaining councils

Industrial policy must be boldly reimagined if the erosion of the productive base is to be reversed

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As the ANC loses its grip on power, its alliance members may be tempted to fill the gap they helped create

Building a leftist party to contest future elections will require exorcising existing organisations of their Stalinism — or creating something from a much smaller base

March past: A Cosatu demonstration in Johannesburg last year. Photo: Papi Morake/Gallo Images/Getty Images

Government of national unity: Political shift tests Cosatu’s influence

The labour movement helped end apartheid and usher in Mandela’s coalition government. Its currently diminished position is cause for anxiety as the ANC forges new political alliances

Power: Members of the US union United Auto Workers attend a rally in support of striking in Chicago last month. Photo: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

Agoa and labour’s ‘nothing about us, without us’ moment

Trade unions from the US and sub-Saharan Africa will be calling for decent work to be put on the agenda at this week’s Agoa forum