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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Cosatu"”.
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Strategic Unionism : the political role of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in South Africa and what it means for black workers
… of the Congress of South African Trade unions (COSATU) and their role in shaping South Africa's transition to democracy. I use the story of COSATU to build on a theory of political unionism that is encompasses the various economic, social and political roles of trade unions and their strategic …
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Social movement trade unionism: An investigation of workers’ perceptions of the Congress of South African Trade Unions and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions practices on election and living wage issues
… of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) practices on elections and living wage issues from a social movement perspective from the Apartheid (South Africa) and Unilateral Declaration of Independence (Zimbabwe) eras to 2009. The trade …
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Cosatu's policy on worker education, 1985-1992 : changes and continuities
… on worker education notes developments in Cosatu's approach to education from the 1980's to the 1990's. I critically explore the changes and continuities evident in Cosatu's policy on worker education from 1985 to 1992. I examined the national documentation produced by Cosatu during these …
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Free or co-ordinated markets? education and training policy options for a future South Africa
… and Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). The analysis establishes a continuum of ET systems, with the policy proposals of the South African state representing a <low-skill equilibrium' system and the Framework for Lifelong Learning document of the ANC/ Cosatu reflecting a more …
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What factors contributed to the failure of the 2011 municipal strike?
… to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) who in turn is in alliance with the African National Congress (ANC). The ANC in turn is the outright majority political party in the South African Local Government Association (SALGA), the employers' association.
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The nature of the tripartite alliance and its impact on the operations of the ANC government in South Africa, 1990-2017
This research claims that the ANC, COSATU, and SACP's Tripartite Alliance has had a volatile character ever since it was established in 1990. COSATU and the SACP have a farleft economic stance because they think that to solve South Africa's socioeconomic issues and the effects of apartheid, a …
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Treading a tightrope: A rhetorical study of the tension between the executive and collective leadership of the African National Congress (ANC): From Nelson Mandela to Thabo Mbeki
… and the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). The study then seeks to ascertain how an ANC President - who is equally South Africa's President - strikes a balance, if any, between the dictates of "collective leadership" and upholding the constitutional obligation of ensuring that the …
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Marching for the youth wage subsidy : a critical assessment of the Democratic Alliance's Work and Skills programme in the Western Cape
… Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) on the other hand has been in opposition to a youth wage subsidy arguing that the labour market is already flexible and should be regulated. This study draws on documents to analyse the discourse at a national level, and at a provincial …
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The legal framework for the protection of employees of labour brokers in South Africa
… Whilst the ANC prefers a regulatory solution, COSATU maintains its call for a complete ban of labour broking. The thesis firstly determines why the bad and abusive practices are occurring and identifies a number of areas of insufficient or ineffective regulation (referred to as "loopholes" in …
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The right to work and rights in the workplace: securing the socio-economic rights of foreign migrant workers in the construction sector in Cape Town
… at developing a labour migration policy for Cosatu. The research methodology applied was principally the extended case method along with Orunmila epistemology to help make sense of the data. My research shows that while trade unions have an obligation to help migrants realise their rights to …
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The KwaZulu-government and Inkatha Freedom Party’s record on civil liberties in South Africa, 1990-1994
… hundreds of the African Nation Congress ad COSATU members. These people made a harrowing admission in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). In the TRC it was where all the violation of civil liberties were heard coming from these people and others. The Caprivi Trainees, KwaZulu …
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Public Service Labour Relations: Centralised Collective Bargaining and Social dialogue in the Public Service of South Africa(1997 to 2007)
Through South African labour legislation, bargaining councils are empowered to conclude collective agreements between employers and trade unions. While bargaining councils were created for virtually every sector within the South African private sector, only one bargaining council exists for the …