Author: Jo Mangaliso Mdhlela

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Seeing Kodwa sworn in proof of ANC’s moral ruin 
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Seeing Kodwa sworn in proof of ANC’s moral ruin 

What it means to be a moral community is a question that continues to be debated, and has been raging for many centuries. The answer seems obvious, but the appl... Read more.
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Guns are killing our children, it is time to remove them 

Several years ago, my brother was shot and killed, early one Monday morning, as he stepped out of the yard of our home in Katlehong, Ekurhuleni, for whatever bu... Read more.
Black entrepreneurs’ resilience highlighted 
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Black entrepreneurs’ resilience highlighted 

The struggle and resilience of black business during the apartheid era is captured aptly in a new book titled The Journey of the Soweto Entrepreneur since 1905.... Read more.
SA eternally indebted to the youth of 1976 
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SA eternally indebted to the youth of 1976 

It will be 48 years since the outbreak of the Soweto June 16 students’ revolt against Bantu Education and the apartheid government’s imposition of Afrikaans... Read more.
Fight Mercedes’ plan to axe 700 employees – unions  
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Fight Mercedes’ plan to axe 700 employees – unions  

Trade union federation Cosatu has told its affiliate members to fight tooth and nail in rejecting the Mercedes Benz South Africa’s (MBSA) upcoming “workersâ... Read more.
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Beware populism seeking to scrap rights 

The populist view is that the country’s Constitution needs changing, either because it is eurocentric or does not accord with African traditional norms or val... Read more.
Workers deserve stake in African Bank – Cosatu 
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Workers deserve stake in African Bank – Cosatu

Trade union federation Cosatu says it will be engaging the Public Investment Corporation (PIC), which invests on behalf of the Government Employees Pension Fund... Read more.
ANC and MK Party coalition
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‘Coalition must not water down ANC manifesto’

Three major  trade union federations – the Congress of the South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) and the ... Read more.
Joburg CBD fire
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Servant leaders would start by cleaning up cities 

If you hear in a taxi or any public transport a commuter chatting with a friend or an acquaintance that they would rather be seen dead than setting their feet i... Read more.
Transnet's new line manager
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Transnet Freight crucial to SA’s economic growth 

Transnet Freight Rail must remain in the hands of the state even as it contemplates giving private players a stake in its operation to help rebuild and reform a... Read more.