Written by Alistair Ruiters

After two years of participating in numerous workshops, update meetings, hearing unfamiliar voices,
blurred and broken online images that flashed across my computer screen as yet another online
meeting was interrupted with “can you hear me”or “put your mic on mute” this

Written by Sedica Davids

The World Economic Forum website describes “a new chapter in human development, enabled by
extraordinary technological advances that are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds”.
But the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an
opportunity

Written by Sedica Davids

The World Economic Forum website 1 describes “a new chapter in human development, enabled by
extraordinary technological advances that are merging the physical, digital and biological worlds”.
But the “Fourth Industrial Revolution” is about more than just technology-driven change; it is an<br

Prof D du Toit

Not for the first time, a plan to solve South Africa’s huge problem of mass youth unemployment has
been published. In an article headed “Here’s how to fix South Africa’s youth unemployment and
black economic empowerment in one go” (Daily Maverick, 20

Ratula Beukman

Are we ready for platform co-ops in South Africa?

In many parts of the world, cooperatives are harnessing the “platform economy” for the benefit of
communities, and this movement is growing in strength. Could worker-owned co-ops in South

Written by Fairuz Mullagee, Sedica Davids

A significant proportion of urban informal employment around the globe falls into the four
occupational groups, namely, domestic workers, home-based workers (including garment workers),
street vendors and waste pickers. A key principle of We Care, a Digital Platform Co-operative Project<br

Written by Fairuz Mullagee, Candice James

As the world continues to be digitised, and more and more work is organised through online
platforms, domestic services have not been untouched. Various platforms offer such services on a
commercial (for-profit) basis. The Digital Platform Co-operative Project (DPCP), created

Written by Ratula Beukman

Access to justice is defined as “the ability of people to seek and obtain a remedy through formal or
informal institutions of justice, and in conformity with human rights standards” yet today thousands
of South African workers are left struggling to understand

Written by Prof D du Toit

Until the 1980s the world of labour law was relatively simple. Work in the mainstream of the global
economy was mainly performed by employees, regulated by employment and labour law, with a
periphery of independent contractors providing incidental services. Since

Written by Darcy du Toit

Sooner or later, all pandemics are brought to an end. But, until then, they can cause huge damage to
society, as COVID-19 is showing day by day. And none are more at risk than non-standard or
“precarious” workers – casual workers,