PUBLICATIONSPublications
| Article | Abstract | Author/s |
| The State of COSATU Affiliates | The aim of the study was to review and establish the state of COSATU in terms of its strengths and weaknesses. A questionnaire was administered to assess the current structures for both the Federation and its affiliates as part of the broader need to achieve organisational development. | Janet Munakamwe May 2009 |
| 2nd Annual National Collective Bargaining Workshop |
This was the second annual national workshop on collective bargaining to be hosted by the Labour Market Transformation Programme of NALEDI. While the first workshop in ay 2007 made general invitations to union officials, the present workshop specifically targeted national negotiators with the objective of bringing them to a common forum to discuss, learn and share ideas about ways in which unions can adopt better methods to win demands from employers in their negotiations". | Kimani Ndungu - 2008-07-22 |
| Hotel workers in Africa |
This publication forms part of the African Social Observatory (ASO) project, which is co-ordinated by the National Labour & Economic Development Institute (NALEDI) on behalf of the LRN. The Finnish Trade Union Solidarity Centre (SASK) and the Netherlands Trade Union Federation (FNV Mondiaal) fi nancially support the project. We wish to thank them for rendering ongoing support for the ASO project. |
Africal Labour Researcher's Network - 2008-06-22 |
| Meeting Their Mandates? |
A Critical Analysis of South African Media Statutory Bodies. | Kimani Ndungu - 2008-06-22 |
| People's Budget Coalition Proposals for 2007/8 |
The PBC comprises of the SA Council of Churches, the SA NGO Coalition and the Congress of SA Trade Unions. In a 33 page document, the PBC presents the central policies and means of financing redistribution by proposing a developmental strategy that is sustainable, that links economic growth to socio-economic development and which supports long term economic growth. The document outlines a developmental path that would provide government with a significantly more redistributive stance, which PBC | SACC, SANCOCO and COSATU - 2008-06-22 |
| Wage and non-wage Settlement Trends in the South African Labour Market |
This report takes a look at wage trends in formal non agricultural industries. It looks at wage agreements and gives an analysis of wage trends and agreements in South Africa while taking into account issues that impact on workers in the workplace, such as the HIV/AIDS pandemic, skills training, labour brokers and Variation of conditions of employment. | Kimani Ndungu - 2008-06-19 |
| The Annual Report on Bargaining: Bargaining for a living wage |
This is the second report to be produced by NALEDI (the first report was produced in February 2007) for COSATU’s Central Executive Committee on trends in collective bargaining in South Africa. It aims to give the federation as well as its affiliates a deeper sense of the South African labour market and therefore the key issues that impact on and affect collective bargaining. |
NALEDI - 2008-04-15 |
| National Collective Bargaining Workshop |
This National Collective Bargaining Workshop report, which was held in May 2007, soughts to use recent trends and experiences in collective bargaining to interrogate a number of themes and fundamentally, to establish how the economy has impacted on workers in light of its positive growth and whether wage settlements in the last few years have been in favour of workers. It captures workshop participants' experiences in collective bargaining. |
Kimani Simon Ndungu - 2007-07-19 |
| National Collective Bargaining Workshop |
Coming on the eve of the largest public sector strike in post-apartheid South Africa, the National Labour & Economic Development Institute’s (NALEDI) collective bargaining workshop attracted a wide variety of debates about working conditions and the struggle to advance workers’ interests in a world economy dominated by forces of global capital and free marketism. | Kimani Ndungu - 2007-06-22 |
| The Extent and Effects of Casualisation in Southern Africa |
Analysis of Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe This study explores and examines the extent of casualisation in the southern African region formal sector and its impact on workers and the economy. It is based on country studies in Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The increase in casualisation in the region's labour market is a subject of great controversy. |
NALEDI - 2007-05-22 |
| What is Poverty |
This report seeks to set out some of the critical dynamics that inform the livelihood and coping strategies of poor people living in South Africa today. Specifically it seeks to explore the role played by social grants in a poor community from the perspectives of both grant recipients and people who are not eligible for any form of social assistance living in the same community. |
NALEDI - 2007-05-22 |
| Mapping the trends and patterns of the metal sectors in Africa |
This study explores the performance, trends and patterns of the metal and engineering sectors in Africa within the broader context of these economies and trends, such as trade liberalisation and restructuring of the industries. The study also attempts to explore approaches to assist unions organizing in the steel industry. | Thulani Guliwe - 2007-04-23 |
| Mapping the trends and patterns of the metal and engineering sectors in Africa |
small, underdeveloped manufacturing sectors and rely more on the production of raw unfinished agricultural and mining minerals for export. Most of these countries are characterised by poor economic governance, weak infrastructure, agricultural and ineral beneficiation and tend to be consumers of imported finished products based on extracted raw materials. These countries include Ghana, Tanzania, ganda, Mozambique and Kenya. | Thulani Guliwe - 2007-04-22 |
| Exploring the South African multinational corporations in Africa |
The focus of this research has been on the conditions of employment and this helps in comparing and contrasting the behaviour of South African multinational corporations n Sub Saharan African. However, there is a need to explore the economic relationship between the existing local industries or sectors like agriculture and the hospitality sector. | Thulani Guliwe - 2007-02-22 |
| The State of COSATU |
The paper focuses on the state of COSATU using documentary evidence and statistics from COSATU and affiliates, as well as other surveys and research by labour analysts and Statistics South Africa. The purpose of the research is to analyse the state of COSATU ahead of its Congress and to identify key issues for further research to be presented to the COSATU Central Committee in 2007. |
NALEDI - 2006-09-16 |
| What is Poverty |
This work seeks to set out some of the critical dynamics that inform the livelihood – and coping –strategies of poor people living in South Africa today. Specifically it seeks to explore the role played by social grants in a poor community from the perspectives of both grant recipients and people who are not eligible for any form of social assistance living in the same community. |
Isobel Frye - 2006-06-22 |
| Poverty and unemployment in South Africa |
This paper takes a critical look at the levels of poverty and unemployment in South Africa. The paper documents the chronic structural manifestations of poverty and unemployment which proves to be difficult to address in terms of policy interventions. It investigates the cycle of poverty and examines the historical/political connections between poverty and employment in South Africa while taking into consideration the impact of HIV/ AIDS on individuals, households, communities and society. |
Isobel Frye - 2006-01-30 |
| Chemicals Sector Summit Resource Book |
Book divided into small sections for faster downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/chemicalsSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/chemicals2.pdf |
NALEDI and CEPPWAWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Engineering Sector Summit Resource Book |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/engineSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/engine2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/engine3.pdf Section4 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/engine4.pdf Section5 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/engine5.pdf |
NALEDI and NUMSA - 2005-10-00 |
| Extending Social to Developing Countries: emphasis on Healthcare and Informal Workers: Literature review |
This literature review seeks to explore some of the reasons for the shortcomings in the current cover of social security specifically for informal workers in developing countries, to consider what options exist for extending healthcare provision as an aspect of social protection, and to consider the role that trade unions could play in extending healthcare. | Isobel Frye - 2005-10-00 |
| Food Sector Summit Resource Book |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/foodSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/food2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/food3.pdf |
NALEDI and FAWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Hospitality and Tourism Industry Sector Summit Resource Book |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/hospSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/hosp2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/hosp3.pdf |
NALEDI and SACCAWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Information Communication and Technology Sector Summit |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/ictSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/ict2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/ict3.pdf |
NALEDI and CWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Pulp and Paper Sector Summit Resource Book |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/pulppaperSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/pulppaper2.pdf |
NALEDI and CEPPWAWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Retail Sector Summit Resource Book |
Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/retailSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/retail2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/retail3.pdf |
NALEDI and SACCAWU - 2005-10-00 |
| Constructing an Official Poverty Line in South Africa: Issues for Consideration | This paper raises questions on what implications exist for labour with regard to the definition of poverty, with specific reference to wage setting and how it would impact on the question of the “national minimum wage campaign”. It further outlines the alternative approaches to defining poverty and the resulting alternatives of measuring poverty. Related paper on the Poverty Datum: http://www.naledi.org.za/pub/povertylineW2.pdf |
Isobel Frye - 2005-09-05 |
| Constructing an Official Poverty Line in South Africa |
This discussion paper considers three interrelated issues in order to contribute to the debate. It brings to the fore the current understanding and measurement of poverty during the apartheid era and the post-1994 democratic. Secondly it considers developments at the international level that are relevant to South Africa are dealt with. Lastly issues that need consideration in constructing and adopting an official poverty line are raised Click on this paper to read another related paper on the poverty datum - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/povertylineI1.pdf |
Wiseman Magasela - 2005-09-05 |
| Mining Africa: South African MNCs labour and social performance |
South African companies have capitalised on the changing political environment to become key investors in the rest of Africa. In this report we compare three companies; Gold Fields (in Ghana and South Africa), Anglogold (in Namibia, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe), and Metorex (in Zambia). The primary focus of this report is on labour relations, labour conditions, restructuring, HIV/AIDS, health and safety, environmental issues, socially responsible investments, and other human rights issues. | NALEDI and ALRN - 2005-06-15 |
| Beyond The Apartheid Workplace Studies in Transition |
Has the Apartheid workplace been superseded or entrenched in the workplace over the past ten years of democracy? The authors of this book study seventeen different workplace, including BMW, a state hospital, footwear sweat shops and the wine farming industry. |
(ed) Edward webster and Karl Von Holdt and 2005-04-27 |
| Land Reform and Food Security Issues in Angola and South Africa |
This study analyses land reform policies in Angola and South Africa with the view to assess its impact on food security. The aim is to look at similarities and differences on agriculture and land reform policies between these two countries. Components of the Agricultural sector are discussed in terms of working conditions, employment, wages, subsistence agriculture, small commercial farmer and large commercial farmer contexts. |
David Antonio Ndengo - 2005-04-14 |
| Study to Facilitate the Formulation of an Integrated Industrial Strategy for the Retension and Creation of Employment in SA Metal & Engineering Sector |
The objective of this study was to research and analyse the South African metals and engineering industry with a view to recommending strategies to facilitate growth and create (and retain) quality employment within these industries. This summary covers the main findings of the various sectoral studies in metal and engineering. | NALEDI - 2005-04-14 |
| Fighting Poverty in South Africa |
This resource book is based on research conducted by NALEDI as an attempt to broaden an understanding of and explore issues around poverty and the strategies needed for the eradication of poverty and economic development in South Africa. This publication seeks to improve civic participation in debating and engaging on policy issues. The book comments that the debate often involves elite members of government, business, and multilateral institutes and even from civil society. * Debating the Development Path in South Africa * Poverty and Inequality trends in South Africa * International Perspectives on Poverty |
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - 2005-02-01 |
| South Africa Country Analysis | This report examines South African labour market trends, in order to understand the extent, characteristics, and dynamics of informal employment. The study looks at how informal employment has been measured in South Africa and sets this within a context of labour market policies and programmes. Various constraints such as skills mismatch are highlighted, in order to identify opportunities for useful policymaking. | Wolfe Braude - 2004-11-18 |
| Submission to the Joint Budget Commitee of Parliament | This submission by the People’s Budget campaign responds to the 2004 Medium-term Budget Policy Statement of the Minister of Finance (MTBPS). This submission takes into account a number of factors acknowledged in the “Towards a Ten Year Review” document published by the President’s Office earlier this year. | People's Budget Campaign - 2004-11-15 |
| Organisational Renewal in COSATU & Affiliates: an overview | The research discusses the overall plan of the federation as finalised at the COSATU Congress in September 2004 and develops a framework for understanding the different parts of the plan. It reflects on union organisational processes, strategies and progress. The report draws on the lessons learned through different union experiences to assist in developing a framework for understanding OR more deeply. Report divided into Three sections for faster downloading - Section 1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/OrgRenewal_part1.pdf Section 2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/OrgRenewal_part2.pdf Section 3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/OrgRenewal_part3.pdf |
Chris Bonner - 2004-11-08 |
| Socially targeted investments: strategy paper | South Africa urgently needs investment that can boost development and address poverty. This paper focuses on socially targeted investment, which has been the subject of ongoing negotiations particularly at the Growth and Development Summit in 2003. The paper draws on interviews with labour, government and business. | Sarah Horsley - 2004-10-14 |
| Accountability of pension fund service providers: The role of trustees | The paper examines the legal relationship between boards of trustees of a pension fund and service providers to funds. | Cheadle Thompson & Haysom - 2004-09-14 |
| Infrastructure Investment: An Overview | This study provides an overview on current infrastructure investment initiatives in South Africa. It assesses the extent to which infrastructural investment can play a role in reconstruction, development and transformation; whilst at the same time delivering sound returns to ensure that the retirement benefits of pensioners are provided for. | William Kemp & Robert Macdonald - 2004-09-13 |
| Socially Responsible Investment in South Africa | Developments in the Pension Funds Act provide unions with the opportunity to get more involved in the decisions and strategies undertaken by asset managers of pension funds. This study form part of a series of papers commissioned to inform the strategies adopted by COSATU in the active pursuit of more socially resposible investment in the South African economy. | Karl Goster - 2004-09-13 |
| Socially Responsible Investments & Pension Fund Mandates | The study was commissioned to assess possible ways in which labour trustees could influence the behaviour of fund managers by developing investment mandates. It further offers a practical understanding into investment theory and the organisational challenges confronting union trustee boards. | Fifth Quadrant Actuaries & Consultants - 2004-09-13 |
| South Africa Country & Sectoral Analysis | This paper comprises the South Africa component of a regional study into the social, political and economic contexts of Swaziland, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Angola for the Scandinavian trade union SiD. The paper commences with a general summary of South Africa’s national characteristics followed by analyses of the socio-economic, sectoral, labour market, and labour movement conditions of four target sectors. |
NALEDI & Sid Africa Australia - 2004-09-13 |
| Building alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation | NALEDI hosted a conference tilted 'Alternatives to neo-liberal globalisation: challenges facing NEPAD'. The objective of the conference was to consolidate the many separate assessments of NEPAD into one collective evaluation. Pertinent to the discussion is the role of trade unions in contesting and complementing aspects of NEPAD. This booklet contains papers of arguments presented by constituencies from labour and other social movements. |
NALEDI & ALRN - 2004-02-27 |
| Contesting Public Services: Comparative lessons on trade union struggles | The role of trade unions in contesting public services is critical to making public services democratic and making services work with and for the poor. The book explores experiences of trade unions in building alternatives, as well as responding to public service restructuring and forms of democracy. In addition to creating alternatives, it argues, key to this success is building coalitions between unions and other social movements. |
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - 2004-02-26 |
| Trade Unions in Africa | Trade Unions in Africa is based on country case studies and examines the legal, economic and political environment in which trade unions operate. The case studies presented show that conditions under which unions in Africa operate vary significantly. Trade unions in Africa identifies some of the key challenges that labour movements in Africa confront today. |
NALEDI & ALRN - 2004-01-22 |
| Policy Bulletin, Dec 2003 | In the final 2003 Policy Bulletin, we investigate BEE in the various sectors and invite stake holders to share their views on black economic empowerment. Read our Q&A to the Department of Trade and Industry, the government department responsible for BEE implementation. | NALEDI - 2003-12-19 |
| Building Effective Union Service Delivery | On the brink of the 8th Cosatu Congress and a national election, the survey provides some interesting insight into union members' views and opinions.The survey should assist unions in identifying where unions should focus their attention to improve service delivery to members. | Samuel Denga - 2003-09-15 |
| The union movement and South Africas transition 1994 - 2003 | Two scenarios of the impact of post-1994 class transformation on the unions & the fate of SA’s negotiated revolution were predicted: Transition from abnormal racial capitalism to more normal capitalism with elite compromise; or transition beyond national issues to address class & gender (tackling poverty & inequality). In looking deeper, from the perspective of trade unions, this paper addresses three issues: *Unions & the labour market challenge *Union organisation *Unions & alliances. | Ravi Naidoo - 2003-06-23 |
| Peoples Budget 2004 - 2005 | The third Peoples Budget presents proposals for eradicating poverty. At the centre of these proposals is a recognition that eradicating poverty requires government to both spend more and spend well. |
COSATU, SANGOCO and SACC - 2003-03-01 |
| Role Of The Unions In the S.A. Retirement Fund Industry | This report aims to address the status of union pension & provident funds and the actual and potential role of the unions in the SA industry. It includes a quantitative description of the industry. It addresses:*Influence of worker trustees over funds *Corporate influence on fund strategies *National policy and regulatory environment *Union impact on pension fund policy and practice *Strategic issues for union movement to address. |
FIfth Quadrant Actuaries & Consultants - 2003-03-01 |
| Employee ownership in the context of globalisation: a developing country perspective | Formal sector employment is not the norm in developing countries, and therefore employee ownership strategies have an impact that is limited to the proportion and structure of formal employment in the economy. Nonetheless, employee ownership when it exists can empower shareholder activism, resulting in better corporate governance and information disclosure and these assist social movement organisations (including trade unions and other organisations) to engage companies on a range of issues. |
Ravi Naidoo - 2002-10-01 |
| Another World is Possible: A View from the South | In this speech, presented at the seminar on "Social Movements In A Global World" at the Gothenburg International Book Fair, Sweden, Ravi Naidoo outlines major crises facing the world today which necessitate the formation of a different type of world. He also examines current social movements and whether they are different from social movements or earlier eras or not, and considers the role of the labour movement within the current social movements. | Ravi Naidoo - 2002-09-20 |
| South Africa’s food security crisis | SA faces a crisis of rising food prices and food insecurity. The food price index rose 16.7% the year to June 2002 as compared to non-food inflation of 7.2% . Government should define the role of agriculture & the food industry in the economy in terms of food security, employment, investment and output. COSATU proposes a tripartite Food Security and Jobs Summit by the end of 2002 – to include proposals about the use of the R1.2 billion in the Agricultural Debt Management account. | Eric Watkinson and Neva Makgetla - 2002-07-01 |
| Peoples Budget 2003 - 2004 Proposal from COSATU, SANGOCO and SACC | Accelerated transformation means eradicating poverty in one generation. The purpose of this document is to stimulate debate, discussion and critical comment on the development path in South Africa in order to achieve this goal. In so doing, we hope to impact on the thinking and actions of the democratic government. | NALEDI - 2002-02-01 |
| Report on Privatisation in Urban Municipalities: The Case of Durban Transport | The model of public sector transformation since the mid-90s is towards more decentralised and less directly controlled service delivery systems -a shift away from RDP thinking. This report outlines the transformation of public transport at local government level; the policy platform for public sector transformation; and provides short-term options available to unions organising at local government level in responding to privatisation. | J P Govender - 2001-11-01 |
| Restructuring Electricity in Cape Town | The paper describes the various options for restructuring of electricity provision to the citizens of the Cape Unicity which the local government is considering, the implications of national legislation and the responses of trade unions in the sector to these developments. | John Pape - 2001-11-01 |
| Poverty alleviation through social dialogue: the role of trade unions in South Africa | It is argued in this paper that social dialogue could offer to progressive formations, in particular the labour movement and community constituencies, the added space to articulate and mobilise around their demands. | Ravi Naidoo - 2001-10-01 |
| Alternatives to Privatisation: Summary of Conference held on the 23-24 August 2001 hosted by NALEDI | Ebrahim Hassen - 2001-08-23 | |
| A Dwindling Pie? Implications of the 2001/2002 Budget for Public Service Bargaining | This memorandum provides an analysis of the budget outlook for the 2001/2002 wage negotiations in the public service. | Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - 2001-05-01 |
| Towards an assessment of the Southern Africa labour movement | The challenge of globalisation within regional trade unionism is depicted as a process driven by powerful northern regional blocs - one response by southern countries has been to form competing blocs. SADC unions have argued for a solidaristic regionalism, but the pressures for individual countries to prioritise their own direct economic links with the north undermine such regionalism. Trade unions are thus frustrated by the lack of progress with their social agenda within SADC. | Mike Murphy - 2001-01-01 |
| Indicator Dec 2000 | NALEDI collaborated with Indicator SA to produce an issue which focuses on the Public Sector | NALEDI - 2000-12-01 |
| Of Hedgehogs and Foxes- Infrastructure Delivery and Employment Creation | This paper explores two themes. Firstly, an assessment of the economic impact of infrastructure delivery is made, focusing on income security & employment opportunities. In arguing for a wider set of development objectives to be met through infrastructure delivery, the question of whether the public sector has the capabilities to meet a wider set of outcomes is raised. Public sector transformation, in particular the ownership of state owned assets, is addressed as the second theme. |
Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - 2000-09-18 |
| Worker Rights in a hostile environment: going beyond competitiveness | How can meaningful rights be created, enhanced and sustained in a global economy that is increasingly hostile towards social justice? The process of accelerated economic integration across national borders creates more potential for convergence of working conditions and struggles than ever before. But will it be through upward pressure on bad working conditions or downwards - the so-called race to the bottom? What strategies are emerging that can forge the basis for common struggles? | Ravi Naidoo - 2000-06-19 |
| Globalising poverty - The gender dimension to Job Losses, Casualisation and Poverty | Despite the massive contribution women make around the world, they still fall into the category of the poorest and the most oppressed. Women have borne the brunt of the social costs of the changes in the world economy such as globalisation, increased international competition, structural adjustment and the deregulation of labour legislation. | Liesl Orr - 2000-06-01 |
| The importance of labour regulations for small business growth and job creation | Our study shows small businesses to be much less constrained by labour regulations than by lack of access to finance and other market-related variables. Government may focus on waiving labour regulations to stimulate small business and job creation but we find no evidence that small business owners, and especially black entrepreneurs, will be significantly helped by such policies, or that they will lead to growth and job creation. However, they will definitely hurt black workers. |
Claire Horton, Kiaran Honderich and Lebo Modise - 2000-03-08 |
| Overview of current economic and labour market conditions in South Africa | The SA economy continues to grow slower than required, with a big decline in formal sector employment. The unemployment rate is a national crisis and the loss of jobs has exacerbated inequality. Informal jobs, which are primarily survivalist with very low incomes, are replacing better paid, more secure jobs. Trade union membership has grown strongly, although membership in the private sector and, particularly manufacturing has been under pressure due to industrial & company restructuring. | Ravi Naidoo - 200-12-01 |
| Auto sector Summit Resource Book | Report divided into three for easy downloading - Section1 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/autoSJS.pdf Section2 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/auto2.pdf Section3 - http://www.naledi.org.za/docs/auto3.pdf |
NALEDI and NUMSA - 200-10-00 |
| Poverty, wage inequality and the determinants of wages | At the request of COSATU, NALEDI has prepared a paper for the Leadership Workshop on Coordination of the Living Wage Campaign: 3 - 5 November 1999. The paper examines levels of poverty, wage inequality and the determinants of wages. | Claire Horton - 1999-11-3 |
| Assessing Gender Structures in COSATU | The primary purpose of the research report is to assess the effectiveness of gender structures in COSATU, and to reflect on the approach of unions to gender questions. | Liesl Orr - 1999-10-01 |
| The Budget Reader: A Guide for Unions and Civil Society | This reader has been developed primarily for use by unions and their members. The emphasis is on understanding the budget system, and on how unions should approach the budget. The reader outlines different types of budgets and the budget process, and also reviews the 1999/2000 budget. The objective is to encourage unions and other civil society organisations to engage in the budget process. | Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen - 1999-10-01 |
| Women’s Leadership in COSATU | The aim of this paper is to provide updated figures on women’s representation in leadership structures in COSATU. These figures enable the federation to review progress and to set targets for women’s leadership, as resolved in the 1997 COSATU Congress. The paper provides the most recent statistics (for 1998) on women’s leadership in COSATU at regional and national level. |
Liesl Orr - 1999-03-01 |
| A Gendered Critique of GEAR | Women are only specifically referred to twice in the entire body of the GEAR document, and gender is not even mentioned at all. | Liesl Orr, James Heintz and Fiona Tregenna - 1998-04-01 |
| Poverty and economics | This is an input paper for the national hearings on poverty – Speak Out On Poverty – organised by the South African NGO Coalition (SANGOCO), the Human Rights Commission, and the Commission on Gender Equality. The focus is on economics, poverty, and socio-economic rights, the topic of the Gauteng poverty hearings. |
James Heintz - 1998-04-01 |