WHAT’S THE WORD

By Stephen Faulkner

In this issue of globalafricanworker.com, we introduce a feature called ‘What’s the Word’… Letters from the Class Struggle in South Africa. This column will examine the continuing unfolding of the struggle between the popular movements and the forces of transnational and domestic capital, the latter attempting to put the brakes on the demands for full social transformation.

Dear Companera and Companero,

by William Minter and Imani Countess

The South African Federation of Trade Unions – SAFTU warmly welcomes the decision of the Labour Court to suspend the decision of the Department of Labour Registrar to deregister DEMAWUSA.

The register had taken a decision to deregister DEMAWUSA allegedly for not complying with Section 99 and 100 of the LRA regarding the disclosure of certain information as well as for alleged failure not to comply the regulations regarding the need to provide proof that the union conducted a secret ballot prior its members going on a protected strike.

By Bill Fletcher, Jr.

As the plane dropped through the clouds making its final approach to Nouakchott airport, I looked out the window to my right. All I saw was a vast, beautiful, yet desolate terrain. As we landed, I asked myself a simple question, How did I get to Mauritania?

Where is Mauritania?

By Samia Kouider

By Samia Kouider

A Call for Social Solidarity in South Africa

We, as civic organizations, trade unions, organizations of informal workers, faith-based organizations and community structures in South Africa, call on all people, every stakeholder and sector, to contain the infection, reduce transmission and mitigate the social and political impacts of the COVID-19 virus.

According to the African Space Industry Report– 2019 Edition, the industry has launched more than 30 satellites into space and has over $7 billion in annual revenues which are projected to exceed $10 billion by 2024. The report from Space in Africa covers the continent’s journey into space from 1998 through May 2019.

Following is an excerpt from an article on the report.

By Elizabeth Burden

I started working in the HIV prevention field in 1988 when my daughters Clariece and Charisse were three-years-old and 21-months respectively; they are now 35 and 32. This was seven years into the U.S. epidemic (Global HIV/AIDS Timeline 2018), and three years before Magic Johnson announced that he was HIV-positive. 

Starting Points for a Paradigm Shift from Foreign Policy to Global Policy*

By William Minter and Imani Countess