‘No friend of the working class, poor’

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

Then Finance Minister Tito Mboweni delivers the 2019 budget speech. Mboweni became minister of Labour and after showing what he could do to change the country’s ...

Reserve Bank’s monetary policy ‘a tool of neo-colonial influence’

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago outlined the Monetary Policy Committee’s (MPC) decision for the coming quarter last week amid a backdrop of ...

Salga, unions’ five-year wage deal locks workers into poverty

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

SAMWU march in Durban CBD as workers voice their frustrations to the employer. The municipal unions have been vocal in pointing out corruption in municipalities ...

Radical African nationalism not enough to liberate the masses

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

ANCYL president Julius Malema, and President Jacob Zuma stand triumphantly on stage outside Luthuli House. Next to the ANC which lost its parliamentary majority ...

‘Workers, unions in SA have reached their Tambo moment’

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

Picture: Armand Hough. African News Agency (ANA) Archives - The 235 000-strong Public Service Association (PSA) received its strike certificate on November 3 but ...

Workers flex muscles as wage gap widens

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

Graphic: Timothy Alexander Pictures: African News Agency Archive, Reuters - Against the background of rising living costs, workers in the public and mining sectors ...

South Africa: working class lodestar now a shadow of itself

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

Graphic: Timothy Alexander/ African News Agency (ANA) - Cosatu's top six leadership elected at the Federation’s 13th national congress held in September 2018. Trapped ...

SA struggle songs must move the nation forward

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

By Trevor Ngwane Freedom of speech and the preservation of historical memory emerged victorious in the court battle between AfriForum and the EFF. The bone of contention ...

South Africa’s Marikana injustice stains democracy

Dr Trevor Ngwane|Published

Graphic: Timothy Alexander/African News Agency (ANA)By Dr Trevor NgwaneMany families lost a breadwinner when the police emptied their automatic weapons on 34 striking ...