“History repeats itself first as tragedy, second as farce” – Karl Marx
COSATU
From the look of things, another long, tortuous trek looms in South Africa. The ‘long trek’ has been primed by what many expected would be a honey-coated story but which has now left a bitter taste in the mouth of South Africans!
A strike is a ‘social phenomenon of enormous complexity which, in its totality, is never susceptible to complete description, let alone complete explanation’ (Gouldner 1954:65).
Tagged under Governance Marikana Massacre, COSATU, South Africa strikes, labour movement South Africa, NUMSA, AMCU, #FeesMustFall
These are dangerous and unsettling times in South Africa, with numerous public institutions seemingly captured by a cabal around President Jacob Zuma: the public broadcaster, the intelligence agencies, the National Prosecuting Authority, and dozens of state-owned entities from the behemoth nation
12 – 15 December 2016, Cape Town
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