Unpacking the behaviour of South Africa’s multinational corporations in the African continent: The case of mining and hospitality sectors by Thulani Guliwe [2008-08-11]
This paper is divided into two sections or parts. The first part is composed of the mining and the second section comprises of the hospitality. The apartheid imposed negative restrictions on the development of South Africa and the continent since the former had a strong economic muscle to offer to Africa. However, the sanctions imposed to South Africa provided limited space for both competition and economic expansion.


2nd Annual National Collective Bargaining Workshop by Kimani Ndungu [2008-07-22]
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 May 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".


Wage and non-wage Settlement Trends in the South African Labour Market by Kimani Ndungu [2008-06-19]
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.


Meeting Their Mandates? A Critical Analysis of South African Media Statutory Bodies by Open Society Foundation [2008-05-12]
In 2005, the Open Society Foundation for South Africa embarked on a project to analyse and assess the degree to which media statutory bodies in South Africa were fulfilling their mandates, to assess their contribution to media diversity and enhancing access to media and ICTs.


Policy Bulletin vol9 no 2 by NALEDI [2008-05-12]
This edition grapples with a number of domestic and international developments that rocked the world as we began 2008. On the domestic front, the energy crunch, rising food and oil prices and revelation of price fixing in sector like medicine, bakeries focused the mind of the population. This comes against the backdrop of interest rate increases and amid fears that the economy will slow down.





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"Staff shortages are a critical problem in most public hospitals and are generated by underfunding and a national shortage of professional skills," said Karl von Holdt of the National Labour and Development Institute (Naledi) to the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC). Download article here.

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The state of COSATU
This 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. Download this publication here.


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People's Budget 2006 - 2007
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Fighting Poverty in South Africa: A civil Society Reader
This resource book is an attempt to broaden the understanding of and explore issues around poverty and the strategies needed for the eradication of poverty and economic development in South Africa. Download book contents here

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