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NUMSA Congress News - Let us work together as a family of metalworkers

- NUMSA

Authors: NUMSA
Date: Oct 1996
Subjects: NUMSA
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/114065 , vital:33891
Description: From the 25 to the 29 September, NUMSA held its Fifth National Congress. Seven hundred and sixty-two delegates came from all our locals. They had prepared well. We saw from the debate. I was afraid before the Congress. I was not happy. 80% j of the shop stewards you elected in 1996 were new. I thought the level of debate at the Congress was not going to be high. But I was wrong - the level of debate was high. We must be proud of ourselves. Thank you for mandating your representatives to Congress - that is what we mean by worker control and democracy. We are doing our work under different conditions compared to before April 27, 1994. We have a democratically elected government in place. It is not as hostile as its predecessor. But the reality of the situation is that as workers in the workplace, nothing has changed. Management is coming to us with new ideas like kaizen, team-work, etc. These are all about eliminating waste. They define waste as anything that is not absolutely essential to production. They want to get to the lowest levels of inputs, equipment, material and workers. This means more and more control over workers’ time and activities, a faster workplace, longer and more irregular hours. They standardise jobs and make the workplace more regimented. So we have to focus our efforts collectively on our “core business” - to represent our members effectively. We have to fight for job security, training, technical skills and better increases. We have to do all these under difficult conditions, for example, reduction of tariffs to conform with the requirements of the World Trade Organisation. We do not want the country’s economy to be cushioned forever but the drastic restructuring results in job loss and factory closures. We must have an alternative in place to ensure that people do not once more swell the swollen ranks of the unemployed. Work organisation is taking place in different forms in different workplaces. We are involved in these processes. I know that when shop stewards give report backs and persuade members to accept certain things in exchange for job security, members tend to regard them as management stooges. We mustn’t think like that. It is causing division amongst us. Outside the workplace, the balance of forces is not in favour of the working class for reasons that we all know. We must work together as workers, shop stewards, administrators and organisers to build our Union into a coherent vehicle. Only a strong vehicle can play a leading role in freeing our people economically. Let us work together as the family of metalworkers!
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Date Issued: Oct 1996

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PPWAWU News Dec 1996

- PPWAWU

Authors: PPWAWU
Date: Dec 1996
Subjects: PPWAWU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139667 , vital:37765
Description: It happened too slowly, not easy to imagine, nonetheless it happened. Minister Tito Mboweni is fairly delighted, the work is done and the new Labour Relations is in place. Is it the same word with workers. Perhaps, what is more important is to observe the provisions of the Act. It certainly brings about balanced playing fields between the business and labour movement. Unions are now allowed to organise and if necessary majority unions are now able to sign for a close shop. The majority union in a given place of employment has overriding rights and workers falling outside organised labour are not free of paying subscriptions, gone are days of labels such as ‘umdlwembe’ because all will be regarded as organised labour force. Workers have a legal status to strike which should be observed by employers, gone are the days of dismissing workers simply because they participate in the strike. We hope such a provision will stop union bash activities taking place in Kiley Baker, A C Doors and Transvaal Mattress Company.
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Date Issued: Dec 1996

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SADTU Bulletin

- SADTU

Authors: SADTU
Date: Jan 1996
Subjects: SADTU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134604 , vital:37182
Description: Teachers in the Western Cape joined the SADTU strike in 1993 to fight the retrenchment of teachers. This was the De Klerk government’s interpretation of rationalisation. The National Party’s approach was as follows : It was UNILATERAL. Teachers were not consulted. It was UNIMAGINATIVE. Retrenching teachers was seen as the only option. It BRANDED our labour action as immoral and unlawful whilst refusing to extend the LRA3 to teachers. It was RACIST. Only ex-HoR teachers were to be retrenched. It was a consequence of the Education Renewal Strategy and designed to anticipate an ANC take over and it was seen a last ditched attempt to maintain and protect the privileges of the white ruling class. It was an ATTACK on SADTU. Retrenchment affected mostly temporary, and in some cases, permanent post-level 1 teachers. The bulk of SADTU’s membership falls into these categories. What added insult to injury, was that more promotion posts were created. Senior heads of departments became deputy principals, and more Heads of Department posts were created. Consequently, millions of rands were wasted.
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Date Issued: Jan 1996

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TGWU 5th National Congress - Unite and fight for jobs and a living wage!

- COSATU, TGWU

Authors: COSATU, TGWU
Date: July 1996
Subjects: COSATU, TGWU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115446 , vital:34130
Description: TGWU is gearing up to influence and shape future transport policy with our Transport for the People policy document. A fresh perspective and preparedness to actively assert our vision for transport emerged at our 5th National Congress held in May at the Holiday Inn Garden Court in Johannesburg. More than 700 delegates representing 60 000 members countrywide gave concrete expression to our congress theme by adopting a call for a 24-hour general strike on 2 July in support of our demands around public transport policy. The call to action is a demonstration of our rejection of the Minister of Transport's intention to restructure the public transport industry (buses and Rail) through privatisation, thereby placing the future employment of workers under direct threat.
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Date Issued: July 1996

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Voices of the Transport and Omnibus Workers Union Vol 1 No 7

- TOWU

Authors: TOWU
Date: Dec 1996
Subjects: TOWU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135576 , vital:37277
Description: Mr. Adams is a member of TOWU for the past 28 years. From 1976 to 1987 he was a shop steward at the old Klipfontein depot until moving over to Arrowgate. In 1990 he again became a shop steward until 1992 when he was elected as the Vice president. Mr. Adams is married and have three children. His wife Susan is a principal at B ABS Educare. His son Peter is a lawyer and works as an International Financial Consultant in Melbourne, Australia. He has two daughters, Geraldine is a qualified nurse and Hildegarde "the baby" is a 3rd year law student at U.W.C. His hobby is gardening, and he takes pride of his many trophies he has won as a Brigade Drum Major. His keen wit and dry sense of humour makes him a very likeable person. Despite that he is a hard task master at the various forums and committees he serves on.
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Date Issued: Dec 1996

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The effect of fluctuating substrate salinity on the yield and flag leaf photosynthesis of wheat

- Beckett, R P, Drennan, P M, Botha, Christiaan E J

Authors: Beckett, R P , Drennan, P M , Botha, Christiaan E J
Date: 1995
Language: English
Type: Article
Identifier: vital:6501 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005922
Description: The effects of constant and fluctuating substrate salinity on flag leaf photosynthesis and grain yield of wheat were investigated. Plants exposed to salinity fluctuating around a mean integrated value of 25 mol m-3 NaCl (0-50 mol m-3) and around 50 mol m-3 NaCl (25-75 mol m-3) had yields 36 and 38% higher, respectively, than those receiving the corresponding constant salinity. Plants treated with salinity fluctuating from 50-100 mol m-3 NaCl had a 14% lower yield than those receiving 75 mol m-3 NaCl. Flag leaf photosynthesis did not vary between treatments and during salinity fluctuations, suggesting that differences in flag leaf longevity caused the observed differences in yield. Results suggest plants grown under constant salinity are unlikely to behave as those in field situations, where fluctuating rather than constant salinity occurs.
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Date Issued: 1995

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Centralised bargaining - Where to CWIU

- Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU)

Authors: Chemical Workers Industrial Union (CWIU)
Date: 1994
Subjects: CWIU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/170148 , vital:41862
Description: Since the late 1980's, there has been a serious realisation on the part of Cosatu and CWIU leadership, of the need for Centralised Bargaining. Two broad areas of concern which pressurised us in this direction were: 1) The low level of class consciousness on the part of the majority of members during this period especially with regard to the complete lack of solidarity around wage struggles. 2) The organisational incapacity of the unions to cope with the excessive demands of plant based bargaining. This wasted resources and undermined the quality of work and achievement of annual wage bargaining. Faced by this reality, achieving consensus on the need for a campaign to achieve centralised bargaining at leadership level was relatively easy. Unions in other sectors eg. metal, mining, clothing, textile and the public sector, regularly set examples of what could be achieved by well run centralised bargaining. Numsa's experience illustrated the strengths and pitfalls of centralised bargaining - ie. Numsa's mandating and report back processes, the Mercedes Benz strike by opponents to the "one bite at the cherry".
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Date Issued: 1994

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In vitro release of propranolol hydrochloride from topical vehicles

- Smith, Eric W, Haigh, John M

Authors: Smith, Eric W , Haigh, John M
Date: 1994
Language: English
Type: text , Article
Identifier: vital:6435 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006612
Description: Transdermal drug delivery is becoming increasingly important and for this reason it is clear that academia must ensure that current graduates are knowledgeable in all facets of topical drug administration. An in vitro diffusion cell experiment was designed to demonstrate the rate of release of propranolol hydrochloride (PHC) from three different topical vehicles: (i) an oil-in-water cream; (ii) a gel; and (iii) anointment. This experiment was performed by final-year students enroled in an undergraduate course on percutaneous absorption. In vitro release of PHC from the three bases to an aqueous receptor phase through silicone membrane was monitored spectrophotometrically at a wavelength of 290 nm. By monitoring and attempting to explain the numerous possible reasons for the different rates of drug release from the three vehicles, it was hoped that the students would gain a better understanding of the complexities of transdermal drug administration. Overall, the experiment would appear to be a good model for student investigation into factors affecting the release of drugs from topical formulations.
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Date Issued: 1994

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Message for 1994 to SADTU members from SADTU President, Shepherd Mdladlana

- SADTU

Authors: SADTU
Date: Feb 1994
Subjects: SADTU
Language: English
Type: text
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/134684 , vital:37189
Description: The year 1993 was a year of test and struggle for SADTU. As President of SADTU I believe that we have passed the gruesome test and successfully concluded our struggle against the Apartheid regime. I want to commend and congratulate our regions, branches and the entire membership for remaining vigilant against apartheid education and its bureaucratic structures in order to defend the rights of teachers. You must remember that your success is most vital because SADTU is the only teachers’ union that had the ability and the capacity to fight against 19 education departments. Various issues faced us in 1993. At the beginning of 1993 F.W. de Klerk closed salary negotiations. Because of our campaigns these negotiations were re-opened. We opened the door for all teachers irrespective of membership. All other teachers’ organisations had accepted the closure by the State President of negotiations and the meagre offer of 5% as a reality. Rationalisation programmes went ahead in the HOR/HOD/HOA, again because of the insistence of the leader of the NP, F.W. de Klerk, that all departments must rationalise and cut back. This unfortunately was effected by retrenching thousands of teachers. Although our campaigns were unsuccessful in as far as stopping these programmes, we have succeeded in developing alternative strategies in this regard for a Post Apartheid government.
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Date Issued: Feb 1994

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Sunbird Movements: a Review, with Posslble Models

- Craig, Adrian J F K, Hulley, Patrick E

Authors: Craig, Adrian J F K , Hulley, Patrick E
Date: 1994
Subjects: To be catalogued
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447856 , vital:74679 , https://doi.org/10.1080/00306525.1994.9639672
Description: Based on current fieldwork, we propose four possible models to explain the winter influx of sunbirds which we have observed: the birds may be (1) “winter residents”, which move annually to a wintering area and remain there; (2) “shoppers”, which periodically investigate feeding areas within their home range and feed opportunistically where nectar is most abundant; (3) “tourists”, which successively visit a series of sites on a regular itinerary; (4) “nomads”, which move unpredictably to new areas whenever food supplies decline. and have no home base. Current data on sunbird movements are reviewed, and in a few cases the winter resident model is unlikely, but generally it is not yet possible to eliminate any of the hypotheses. Moult cycles based on both field and museum studies may provide additional information, as movements are unlikely while active wing-moult is in progress; some species show interrupted wing-moult, which may be associated with long-distance flights.
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Date Issued: 1994

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Dambudzo Marechera. Cemetery of Mind Collected Poems 0f Dambudzo Marechera. Harare Baobab Books, 1992. Book Review

- Doherty, Christo

Authors: Doherty, Christo
Date: 1993
Subjects: To be catalogued
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/460528 , vital:75945 , https://journals.co.za/doi/epdf/10.10520/AJA00284459_555
Description: New Coin is one of South Africa's most established and influential poetry journals. It publishes poetry, and poetry-related reviews, commentary and interviews. New Coin places a particular emphasis on evolving forms and experimental use of the English language in poetry in the South African context. In this sense it has traced the most exciting trends and currents in contemporary poetry in South Africa for a decade of more. The journal is published twice a year in June and December by the Institute for the Study of English in Africa (ISEA), Rhodes University.
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Date Issued: 1993

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Ecological correlates of relative brain size in some South African rodents

- Bernard, Ric T F, Nurton, Jane P

Authors: Bernard, Ric T F , Nurton, Jane P
Date: 1993
Subjects: To be catalogued
Language: English
Type: text , article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/447245 , vital:74599 , https://www.ajol.info/index.php/az/article/view/154234
Description: Relative brain size (size of the brain once body size effects have been removed) has been calculated for 16 species of rodent from South Africa and is shown to vary with six species having a positive RBS (that is a brain larger than expected) and 10 a negative RBS. Arboreal species such as Paraxerus cepapi and Graphiurus murinus and omnivores (G. murinus) have relatively larger brains than do the fossoriai root eaters such as Cryptomys hottentotus and terrestrial follivores (Otomys irroratus). It is suggested that the relatively large brains can be linked to the complex behavioural patterns necessary for locomotion in three dimensions and for utilization of a food resource such as insects that is randomly distributed in time and space. The three sciuromorph rodents (Xerus inauris, Paraxerus cepapi and Pedetes capensis) have very different life styles but all have a positive RBS and it is suggested that a relatively large brain may be a characteristic of the suborder.
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Date Issued: 1993

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