Jeremy Cronin

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Parliamentary update

The Natives Land Act of 1913 June this year holds bitter meaning for millions of South Africans. On June 19 1913 the Union of South Africa implemented the infamous Natives Land Act, depriving millions of Black South Africans of the

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Open letter to SACP 1st Deputy President, Jeremy Cronin by Numsa General Secretary, Irvin Jim

Dear comrade Jeremy, Re: Irvin Jim and Zwelinzima Vavi, the State and Cde Wayile, Marikana, NUMSA and the NUM How are you? The last time we came across each other was in a campaign against labour broking and e-tolls, where

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Numsa goes to court over right to picket on 27-28 February outside offices of the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa)

Numsa goes to court over right to picket on 27-28 February outside offices of the National Energy Regulator of SA (Nersa) 24 February 2014 In the next 48-hours, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) will go the

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The E-Tolls, Strange Bedfellows and Ideological Confusions: A Response to Cde Jeremy Cronin

Cde Jeremy Cronin (JC) presents an interesting view on e-tolls. Beginning in his usual style by constructing extremes and then locating protagonists in those extreme boxes of his, he proceeds to steer a “level-headed middle road” that sounds “reasonable” and

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