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Research outputs: TRADE UNIONS
2015 Marikana: a crisis of legitimacy in the institutions that form the foundations of South Africa's 1994 post-apartheid political settlement
This essay argues that the violent explosion at Marikana is an indication that ordinary South Africans are rapidly losing faith in the democ...
Download this report2014 Representing foreign workers in the private security industry: a South African perspective on trade union engagement
In recent years South African cities have become home to a large number of undocumented migrant workers. If trade unions do not organise und...
2013 The state of the union?: attitudes to South African trade unions
The South African organised labour movement is one of the most powerful and disciplined on the African continent. One of the central actors ...
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