This paper provides psychological explanations to how the violence in South Africa is not the consequence of giving too much freedom to a population 'not ready' to make good use of it but a range of various preceding factors.
This paper reflects on the multitude of effects of repression in security management, security legislation, vigilantes, hit squads and ending state violence.
This paper seeks to analyse the railway strike of 1987 from facets such as the collective bargaining and conflict escalation in the strike, personal profiles of the accused to the turning points and attitudes towards the non-participants.
This paper seeks to uncover the different forms of violence against domestic workers within their workplace, largely using the reports on the experiences of victims.
In this paper the author traces some of the changes which occurred in the security establishment in 1990, tempers these with an examination of what has not changed, and investigates some of the processes which need to occur to ensure that, as far as the security forces are concerned, things do not ultimately stay the same.
The 1989/90 SATS strike is regarded as one of the most bitter and bloody disputes in South African labour history. It was also one of the most complex disputes, deserving of a thorough analysis. This paper is a chronological description of the dispute, making preliminary observations. It is written from the perspective of the legal advisor to the trade union and, therefore, both a lawyer and a participant.