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Fourteen years after the Marikana killings, Dr Pali Lehohla links the tragedy to Coalbrook, migrant labour, mining inequality and the unresolved promise of post-apartheid transformation.
PALI

From Coalbrook to Marikana: the human cost of South Africa’s extractive economy

Fourteen years after the Marikana killings, Dr Pali Lehohla links the tragedy to Coalbrook, migrant labour, mining inequality and the unresolved promise of post-apartheid…

  • Dr Pali Lehohla
8 min read
Zingiswa Losi is the president of Cosatu. 
COSATU

Cosatu defends its record as workers prepare for national congress

Ahead of its 15th national congress, Cosatu president Zingiswa Losi outlines the federation’s claimed achievements on wages, pensions, jobs and social protection, while…

  • Zingiswa Losi
6 min read