Institutionalised conflict, subaltern worker rebellions and insurgent unionism: casual workers’ organisation and power resources in the South African Post Office

The South African mining sector has experienced labor conflicts characterized by militancy and violence. Militancy and violence was evident along South Africa’s platinum belt between 2012 and 2014. In the case of Huntington mine, about three hundred workers managed to pull a spectacular strike action when they captured mine equipment and threatened to destroy it if their demands were not met. Drawing together concepts of space, power, and agency, it is argued that the wildcat strike was a failure because power resources were not consolidated and used effectively. As a result, their demands were not met, and they lost their jobs at Huntington mine.

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NOTES ON THE SO-CALLED “POST OFFICE STONE” AND OTHER INSCRIBED STONES PRESERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM AND ELSEWHERE

Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society ◽

10.1080/21560382.1900.9525966 ◽

1900 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 189-206

Author(s):

W. L. Sclater

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Post Office ◽

The South

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The "Double-edged Sword" of Institutional Power: COSATU, Neo-liberalisation and the Right to Strike

Global Labour Journal ◽

10.15173/glj.v10i2.3585 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carin Runciman

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Trade Unions ◽

Analytical Framework ◽

The South ◽

Labour Relations ◽

Institutional Power ◽

Power Resources ◽

Legal Provisions ◽

The Right

On 1 January 2019 amendments to the Labour Relations Act came into force that significantly altered and curtailed the right to protected strike action in South Africa. Internationally, the right to strike has been eroded in recent years with many countries adopting legal provisions that violate the International Labour Organization’s principles. Comparatively, the rights of South African workers to go on protected strikes remain better than many other places in the world, a reflection of the militant history of the South African labour movement. But the erosion of these rights, with the active support of the Congress of South African Trade Unions, should be a cause for concern for activists and labour scholars in South Africa and beyond. This article develops the Power Resources Approach to consider how union institutional power has entrenched neo-liberalism in South Africa. Grounding the analysis of institutional power within the analytical framework of corporatism allows this article to develop an analysis of institutional power that is attentive to class forces. This provides an avenue for understanding the “double-edged sword” of institutional power in the South African context in order to comprehend when and under what circumstances trade unions advance and defend the interests of the working class and when they defend those of capital. KEY WORDS: labour; neo-liberalism; institutional power; corporatism; South Africa

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Precarious battle: Labour broking in the South African post office, by David Dickinson. University of KwaZulu‐Natal Press, Pietermaritizburg, 2021. ISBN‐978 1 86914 468 5; eISBN‐978 1 86914 469 2

British Journal of Industrial Relations ◽

10.1111/bjir.12647 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Edward Webster

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Post Office ◽

The South ◽

Kwazulu Natal

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The Impact of the National Credit Act 34 of 2005 on the Enforcement of a Mortgage Bond: Sebola v Standard Bank of South Africa Ltd 2012 5 SA 142 (CC)

Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad ◽

10.17159/1727-3781/2013/v16i3a2377 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 16 (3) ◽

pp. 376 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Michelle MM Fuchs

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

South African ◽

Constitutional Court ◽

Post Office ◽

The South ◽

Reasonable Approach ◽

Credit Agreement ◽

The Impact ◽

National Credit Act

When a mortgagor is in default and the mortgagee wants to enforce the debt the National Credit Act (hereafter the NCA) may apply. A credit agreement may be enforced in court by a credit provider against a defaulting debtor only once the requirements of sections 129 and 130 of the NCA have been adhered to. If a mortgagor (who is a protected consumer in terms of the NCA) is in default, the mortgagee must deliver a section 129(1) notice to the consumer, thereby drawing the default to the attention of the consumer. For a number of years there has been uncertainty about the interpretation of section 129(1) and how it affects the execution procedure in the case of a mortgage bond over immovable property. The recent Constitutional Court judgment of Sebola v Standard Bank 2012 5 SA 142 (CC) overturns, to my mind, the more reasonable approach to such notices in Rossouw v Firstrand Bank Ltd (2010 6 SA 439 (SCA)). It was held in Sebola that before instituting action against a defaulting consumer, a credit provider must provide proof to the court that a section 129(1) notice of default (i) has been despatched to the consumer's chosen address and (ii) that the notice reached the appropriate post office for delivery to the consumer, thereby coming to the attention of the consumer. In practical terms the credit provider must obtain a post-dispatch "track and trace" print-out from the website of the South African Post Office. There is now a much heavier burden on a bank to ensure that proper proof is provided that the notice was sent and delivered to the correct address. Consequently it places another hurdle in the path of a mortgagee who wishes to foreclose.

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Seisoenale patrone in die Suid-Afrikaanse kapitaalmark

South African Journal of Business Management ◽

10.4102/sajbm.v24i4.876 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 142-146

Author(s):

F. S. Hattingh ◽

E. V.D.M. Smit

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Capital Market ◽

Stock Exchange ◽

Seasonal Patterns ◽

Post Office ◽

The South ◽

Johannesburg Stock Exchange ◽

Price Movements ◽

Equity Indices

Seasonal patterns in the South African capital market In this article the seasonal patterns in daily price movements of the Post Office, Eskom 168 and the RSA bonds are examined and these are compared with three equity indices namely the Gold Index, Industrial Index and Overall Index of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Both the South African bond and share markets display significant seasonal patterns. In contrast with international findings, it is shown that seasonal similarities exist between the bond and share markets.

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