public service strike
The violence within us
Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 26 August 2010 - 10:44am
Written by Jonathan Jansen
'They lied to us, they lied to us, they lied to us!" The bearded white man shook with emotion as he repeated these words after the talk I had just delivered at a Men's Convention in the poor white community of Elsburg in the south of Johannesburg.
Opinion: Where is our humanity now? Shameful behaviour on both sides of the picket line
Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 24 August 2010 - 8:55amWritten by Justice Malala
Not many people know of Public Service and Administration Minister Richard Baloyi. He has, however, earned himself a place in ignominy for reacting angrily to charges by trade unions that ministers spend money without a care for the poor when they buy huge luxury cars and stay in expensive hotels.
Anglican Archbishop Calls for End to Public Service Strike
Submitted by Andrew Suderman on 22 August 2010 - 9:23amThe public service strike is causing suffering to hospital patients, students and learners, and government and union negotiators should act urgently to end it, the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, the Most Revd Dr Thabo Makgoba, said in a press release released on Thursday 19 August, 2010.
He also called for essential staff in institutions such as hospitals to return to work immediately.
