Union restructuring
- CWIU
- Authors: CWIU
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: CWIU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178882 , vital:43007
- Description: The idea to restructure the union is not a new one. Political changes in our country compelled almost all the unions to consider the possibilities of restructuring the union and the industry in general. New approaches to Collective Bargaining Strategies came to the fore. The good example of these Bargaining strategies was the NUMSA THREE YEAR BARGAINING STRATEGY (1993). Later in the same year, CWIU also introduced its Bargaining Strategy in the form of five pillars. The common thing about Numsa and CWIU bargaining strategies is that they both failed to deliver and the process of setting up working groups are more complex than expected. The main cause of the tap problem in my view is that the existing union structures are a big deterent to the development and implementation of new bargaining strategies. Our Centralised Bargaining victory and the new LRA will demand major union restructuring if we want to utilise the openings created by these new developments. In this discussion paper, I will focus on how we should restructure our union. In this paper, I am suggesting that the union (CWIU) must be made up of four semi-autonomous departments.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1993
- Authors: CWIU
- Date: 1993
- Subjects: CWIU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/178882 , vital:43007
- Description: The idea to restructure the union is not a new one. Political changes in our country compelled almost all the unions to consider the possibilities of restructuring the union and the industry in general. New approaches to Collective Bargaining Strategies came to the fore. The good example of these Bargaining strategies was the NUMSA THREE YEAR BARGAINING STRATEGY (1993). Later in the same year, CWIU also introduced its Bargaining Strategy in the form of five pillars. The common thing about Numsa and CWIU bargaining strategies is that they both failed to deliver and the process of setting up working groups are more complex than expected. The main cause of the tap problem in my view is that the existing union structures are a big deterent to the development and implementation of new bargaining strategies. Our Centralised Bargaining victory and the new LRA will demand major union restructuring if we want to utilise the openings created by these new developments. In this discussion paper, I will focus on how we should restructure our union. In this paper, I am suggesting that the union (CWIU) must be made up of four semi-autonomous departments.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1993
Building COSATU in the mid 1990's Back to Basics Campaign
- COSATU
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: May 1994
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109813 , vital:33192
- Description: Elections arc now behind. For the first time In our history ire hove a government elected by the majority of the people. There Is no doubt the ANC led government will he sympathetic to labour in particular COSATU. The time Is has arrive to build COS A TU. The challenge facing the leadership of COSATU is how do ire maintain the high moral ground we have occupied since COSATU was formed in 1985. How do ire continue lo be a .strong organisation and how to ire improve on the strengths ire have. The role of COSATU after elections is dealt with In the discussion paper "Towards the long term strategy". With apartheid behind us and with the programme in place dealing with what ire are going lo replace apartheid with, the focus of all Is what COSATU's role going to be. The main function of COSATU will remain coordination of work of its affiliates. The main work of affiliates will be collective bargaining, living wage campaign and meeting basic needs of our people.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: May 1994
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: May 1994
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109813 , vital:33192
- Description: Elections arc now behind. For the first time In our history ire hove a government elected by the majority of the people. There Is no doubt the ANC led government will he sympathetic to labour in particular COSATU. The time Is has arrive to build COS A TU. The challenge facing the leadership of COSATU is how do ire maintain the high moral ground we have occupied since COSATU was formed in 1985. How do ire continue lo be a .strong organisation and how to ire improve on the strengths ire have. The role of COSATU after elections is dealt with In the discussion paper "Towards the long term strategy". With apartheid behind us and with the programme in place dealing with what ire are going lo replace apartheid with, the focus of all Is what COSATU's role going to be. The main function of COSATU will remain coordination of work of its affiliates. The main work of affiliates will be collective bargaining, living wage campaign and meeting basic needs of our people.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: May 1994
National Labour and Economic Development Institute Annual report
- NALEDI
- Authors: NALEDI
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: NALEDI
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151179 , vital:39036
- Description: The National Labour & Economic Development Institute (NALEDI) opened its doors in October 1993 and began its research programme at the beginning of 1994. NALEDI is an initiative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). Its aim is to conduct policy-relevant research of interest to the labour movement. The origins of the institute date back to Cosatu's 1991 national congress which recognised the need to improve the research capacity of the federation. A feasibility study was conducted. This attempted to define the research needs of the federation and its affiliates. It also examined the experience of other union- linked institutes such as FAFO in Norway and DESEP in Brazil, and explored Cosatu's experience with service organisations and associated research groups. In early 1993 Cosatu's central executive committee endorsed the establishment of a labour research institute and raised funds (primarily from the Dutch union movement the FNV) to commence operations. Jeremy Baskin was appointed to get the institute functioning and a board was appointed to assist.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1994
- Authors: NALEDI
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: NALEDI
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/151179 , vital:39036
- Description: The National Labour & Economic Development Institute (NALEDI) opened its doors in October 1993 and began its research programme at the beginning of 1994. NALEDI is an initiative of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). Its aim is to conduct policy-relevant research of interest to the labour movement. The origins of the institute date back to Cosatu's 1991 national congress which recognised the need to improve the research capacity of the federation. A feasibility study was conducted. This attempted to define the research needs of the federation and its affiliates. It also examined the experience of other union- linked institutes such as FAFO in Norway and DESEP in Brazil, and explored Cosatu's experience with service organisations and associated research groups. In early 1993 Cosatu's central executive committee endorsed the establishment of a labour research institute and raised funds (primarily from the Dutch union movement the FNV) to commence operations. Jeremy Baskin was appointed to get the institute functioning and a board was appointed to assist.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1994
Raymond Mhlaba, the Premier of the Eastern Cape
- Authors: Orie, Tembeka
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Mhlaba, Raymond, 1920- African National Congress -- History African National Congress -- Youth League Africans -- Government relations Banning of persons -- South Africa Government, Resistance to -- South Africa Labor unions -- South Africa Mhlaba family New Brighton (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) -- History Political prisoners -- South Africa Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Manuscript , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2769 , vital:20324
- Description: Raymond Mpakamisi Mhlaba remains a mystery to tire public. Little is known about his, background and bow he has earned his premiership. The public is presently perplexed by his leadership qualities; his inaccessibility and his co-ordinating abilities to provide direction and leadership in the Eastern Cape province. What his vision is on implementing die reconstruction and development program, seems to be one of die anxieties experienced by the public presently. This paper endeavours to illuminate Mhlaba's past in order to explain and clarify who he is. This would help to see if there are any discrepancies between his past and the present, and what die challenges are to Mhlaba and to the public. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1994
- Authors: Orie, Tembeka
- Date: 1994
- Subjects: Mhlaba, Raymond, 1920- African National Congress -- History African National Congress -- Youth League Africans -- Government relations Banning of persons -- South Africa Government, Resistance to -- South Africa Labor unions -- South Africa Mhlaba family New Brighton (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) -- History Political prisoners -- South Africa Port Elizabeth (South Africa) -- History
- Language: English
- Type: Manuscript , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2769 , vital:20324
- Description: Raymond Mpakamisi Mhlaba remains a mystery to tire public. Little is known about his, background and bow he has earned his premiership. The public is presently perplexed by his leadership qualities; his inaccessibility and his co-ordinating abilities to provide direction and leadership in the Eastern Cape province. What his vision is on implementing die reconstruction and development program, seems to be one of die anxieties experienced by the public presently. This paper endeavours to illuminate Mhlaba's past in order to explain and clarify who he is. This would help to see if there are any discrepancies between his past and the present, and what die challenges are to Mhlaba and to the public. , Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1994
APDUSA Views
- Date: 1994-03
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- History -- 20th century , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33187 , vital:32545 , Bulk File 7
- Description: APDUSA Views was published by the African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (Natal), an affiliate of the New Unity Movement.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1994-03
- Date: 1994-03
- Subjects: Government, Resistance to -- South Africa , South Africa -- History -- 20th century , South Africa -- Politics and government
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/33187 , vital:32545 , Bulk File 7
- Description: APDUSA Views was published by the African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa (Natal), an affiliate of the New Unity Movement.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1994-03
Geology Field Trip Guide: Natural Sciences and Geography Educators visit
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1996
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144878 , vital:38387
- Description: This is a brief guide to some of the interesting geological features in the immediate vicinity of Grahamstown. It summarises the geological history of the area, emphasizes that small-scale geological features are frequently part of much larger features, demonstrates how careful observation of rocks can lead to solving geological problems and reconstruction of ancient environments in which rocks formed, the importance to society, and how rocks in the Grahamstown area have contributed to a global scale understanding of the dynamic nature of planet Earth.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1996
- Authors: Marsh, Julian S
- Date: 1996
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144878 , vital:38387
- Description: This is a brief guide to some of the interesting geological features in the immediate vicinity of Grahamstown. It summarises the geological history of the area, emphasizes that small-scale geological features are frequently part of much larger features, demonstrates how careful observation of rocks can lead to solving geological problems and reconstruction of ancient environments in which rocks formed, the importance to society, and how rocks in the Grahamstown area have contributed to a global scale understanding of the dynamic nature of planet Earth.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1996
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1997-10
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38239 , vital:34433 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1997-10
- Date: 1997-10
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38239 , vital:34433 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1997-10
Challenges facing women workers locally and internationally
- Authors: Mbude, Lungi
- Date: 1997-12-05
- Subjects: Women employees -- South Africa , Woman, Black -- Employment -- South Africa , Quality of life , Job satisfaction -- South Africa , Organisational behaviour -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , pamphlet
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111118 , vital:33382
- Description: The majority of women in the world - women workers - have not only suffered from exploitation by the bosses, they also face oppression as women in society and from their husbands and partners at home. According to the 1996 Human Development Report, of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty in the world, 70% are women. Twice as many women as men cannot read or write, and girls are 60% of the 130 million children who have no access to primary education. Women produce half of the world’s food but own around 1% of the world’s land. The number of rural women living in poverty has increased by 50% in the last twenty years, compared to 3% for men. Women also represent the highest percentage of the unemployed. The problems of women workers are not personal, individual problems. They are social problems which women suffer as members of this society, as workers and as women. So, if we want to address and work towards solving women workers’ problems, we have to tackle them as part of the problems of the whole society.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1997-12-05
- Authors: Mbude, Lungi
- Date: 1997-12-05
- Subjects: Women employees -- South Africa , Woman, Black -- Employment -- South Africa , Quality of life , Job satisfaction -- South Africa , Organisational behaviour -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , pamphlet
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/111118 , vital:33382
- Description: The majority of women in the world - women workers - have not only suffered from exploitation by the bosses, they also face oppression as women in society and from their husbands and partners at home. According to the 1996 Human Development Report, of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty in the world, 70% are women. Twice as many women as men cannot read or write, and girls are 60% of the 130 million children who have no access to primary education. Women produce half of the world’s food but own around 1% of the world’s land. The number of rural women living in poverty has increased by 50% in the last twenty years, compared to 3% for men. Women also represent the highest percentage of the unemployed. The problems of women workers are not personal, individual problems. They are social problems which women suffer as members of this society, as workers and as women. So, if we want to address and work towards solving women workers’ problems, we have to tackle them as part of the problems of the whole society.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1997-12-05
Surface distribution of microphytoplankton of the south-west Indian Ocean along a repeat transect between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands
- Froneman, P William, Pakhomov, Evgeny A, Meaton, V
- Authors: Froneman, P William , Pakhomov, Evgeny A , Meaton, V
- Date: 1998
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6933 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011953
- Description: Surface chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentrations, microphytoplankton (>20 μm) species composition and distribution along a repeat transect between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands were investigated in early austral autumn (April/May) 1996. Samples were collected at approximately 30 nautical mile intervals for the analysis of size-fractionated chl-a and the identification and enumeration of microphytoplankton species. Peaks in total chl-a (>1 μg 1 [superscript -1]) were recorded at the Subtropical Convergence (STC), at the Sub-Antarctic Front (SAF) and in the waters surrounding the Prince Edward Islands. In addition, a minor peak in chl-a concentration was recorded in the continental shelf waters. At stations where elevated chl-a concentrations were recorded, microphytoplankton generally formed a substantial contribution (-10%) to total chlorophyll. Outside these regions, total chlorophyll concentrations were lower (<0.9 μg 1 [superscript -1]) and almost entirely dominated by nano- and picophytoplankton, which contributed >95% of the total. Microphytoplankton species composition along both transects were dominated by chain-forming species of the genera Chaetoceros (mainly C. neglectum, C. peruvianus and C. constrictus), Nitzschia spp. and Pseudoeunotia doliolus. Cluster and ordination analysis based on species composition identified five distinct microphytoplankton assemblages, which were closely associated with the different water masses in the region between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands. The microphytoplankton species composition and biogeographic zones identified during this investigation are in general agreement with similar studies conducted in the south-west Indian Ocean during the austral summer, which suggests that there are little seasonal trends in both the microphytoplankton species composition and biogeographic zonation.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1998
- Authors: Froneman, P William , Pakhomov, Evgeny A , Meaton, V
- Date: 1998
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: vital:6933 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1011953
- Description: Surface chlorophyll-a (chl-a) concentrations, microphytoplankton (>20 μm) species composition and distribution along a repeat transect between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands were investigated in early austral autumn (April/May) 1996. Samples were collected at approximately 30 nautical mile intervals for the analysis of size-fractionated chl-a and the identification and enumeration of microphytoplankton species. Peaks in total chl-a (>1 μg 1 [superscript -1]) were recorded at the Subtropical Convergence (STC), at the Sub-Antarctic Front (SAF) and in the waters surrounding the Prince Edward Islands. In addition, a minor peak in chl-a concentration was recorded in the continental shelf waters. At stations where elevated chl-a concentrations were recorded, microphytoplankton generally formed a substantial contribution (-10%) to total chlorophyll. Outside these regions, total chlorophyll concentrations were lower (<0.9 μg 1 [superscript -1]) and almost entirely dominated by nano- and picophytoplankton, which contributed >95% of the total. Microphytoplankton species composition along both transects were dominated by chain-forming species of the genera Chaetoceros (mainly C. neglectum, C. peruvianus and C. constrictus), Nitzschia spp. and Pseudoeunotia doliolus. Cluster and ordination analysis based on species composition identified five distinct microphytoplankton assemblages, which were closely associated with the different water masses in the region between Cape Town and the Prince Edward Islands. The microphytoplankton species composition and biogeographic zones identified during this investigation are in general agreement with similar studies conducted in the south-west Indian Ocean during the austral summer, which suggests that there are little seasonal trends in both the microphytoplankton species composition and biogeographic zonation.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 1998
Women in the Labour Movement - Confronting the new millenium
- COSATU
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: June 1999
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115406 , vital:34125
- Description: The year 1999 is the year of assessing performance and delivery. In the political arena we are reflecting on the accomplishments and shortcomings of our young democracy as we prepare our nation for South Africa's second democratic elections on the 2nd of June 1999. At this time, it is important that we also evaluate the progress we as a united labour movement made subsequent to April 1994, since the involvement of COSATU in our struggle for democracy was and still remains crucial. For women the 2nd of June 1999 presents itself as a challenge, especially women within COSATU. The challenge lies in the need to ensure that women are more represented in all structures of the federation, affiliates, down to local structures. Women make up the majority of citizens in South Africa and have been and remain under represented within the trade union movement. This has been the case since the launch of COSATU in 1985.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: June 1999
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: June 1999
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/115406 , vital:34125
- Description: The year 1999 is the year of assessing performance and delivery. In the political arena we are reflecting on the accomplishments and shortcomings of our young democracy as we prepare our nation for South Africa's second democratic elections on the 2nd of June 1999. At this time, it is important that we also evaluate the progress we as a united labour movement made subsequent to April 1994, since the involvement of COSATU in our struggle for democracy was and still remains crucial. For women the 2nd of June 1999 presents itself as a challenge, especially women within COSATU. The challenge lies in the need to ensure that women are more represented in all structures of the federation, affiliates, down to local structures. Women make up the majority of citizens in South Africa and have been and remain under represented within the trade union movement. This has been the case since the launch of COSATU in 1985.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: June 1999
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1999-10
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38259 , vital:34536 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999-10
- Date: 1999-10
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38259 , vital:34536 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999-10
The Educational Journal
- Date: 1999-12
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41139 , vital:36363 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999-12
- Date: 1999-12
- Subjects: Education –- South Africa , South Africa -- Politics and government , Government, Resistance to -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41139 , vital:36363 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 1999-12
HIV/AIDS Manual (project proposal)
- Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Authors: Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Date: 2000
- Language: English
- Type: instruction , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60075 , vital:27730
- Description: HIV/AIDS Manual. This manual thus aims to contribute to ensuring greater awareness amongst trade union members of the AIDS epidemic and that the issue assumes much greater importance and becomes integral to trade union activities and work, such as, collective bargaining and shop stewards' duties.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2000
- Authors: Labour Research Service (LRS)
- Date: 2000
- Language: English
- Type: instruction , text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/60075 , vital:27730
- Description: HIV/AIDS Manual. This manual thus aims to contribute to ensuring greater awareness amongst trade union members of the AIDS epidemic and that the issue assumes much greater importance and becomes integral to trade union activities and work, such as, collective bargaining and shop stewards' duties.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2000
The Educational Journal
- Date: 2000-06
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38589 , vital:34837 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-06
- Date: 2000-06
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38589 , vital:34837 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-06
The Educational Journal
- Date: 2000-10
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38694 , vital:34873 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-10
- Date: 2000-10
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/38694 , vital:34873 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-10
The Educational Journal
- Date: 2000-12
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41667 , vital:36553 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-12
- Date: 2000-12
- Subjects: Education – South Africa , South Africa – Economic conditions , South Africa – Social conditions
- Language: English
- Type: text , Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10948/41667 , vital:36553 , Bulk File 7
- Description: The Educational Journal was the official organ of the Teachers' League of South Africa and focussed on education within the context of a racialized South Africa. From the 2000s, the journal was published by the National Union of Public Service and Allied Workers (NUPSAW), a trade union formed in August 1998 from the amalgamation of militant and moderate trade unions and also operated in the education sphere.
- Full Text: false
- Date Issued: 2000-12
A PCA-based modelling technique for predicting environmental suitability for organisms from presence records
- Robertson, Mark P, Caithness, N, Villet, Martin H
- Authors: Robertson, Mark P , Caithness, N , Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442609 , vital:74014 , https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2001.00094.x
- Description: We present a correlative modelling technique that uses locality records (associated with species presence) and a set of predictor variables to produce a statistically justifiable probability response surface for a target species. The probability response surface indicates the suitability of each grid cell in a map for the target species in terms of the suite of predictor variables. The technique constructs a hyperspace for the target species using principal component axes derived from a principal components analysis performed on a training dataset. The training dataset comprises the values of the predictor variables associated with the localities where the species has been recorded as present. The origin of this hyperspace is taken to characterize the centre of the niche of the organism. All the localities (grid‐cells) in the map region are then fitted into this hyperspace using the values of the predictor variables at these localities (the prediction dataset). The Euclidean distance from any locality to the origin of the hyperspace gives a measure of the ‘centrality’ of that locality in the hyperspace. These distances are used to derive probability values for each grid cell in the map region. The modelling technique was applied to bioclimatic data to predict bioclimatic suitability for three alien invasive plant species (Lantana camara L., Ricinus communis L. and Solanum mauritianum Scop.) in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. The models were tested against independent test records by calculating area under the curve (AUC) values of receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves and kappa statistics. There was good agreement between the models and the independent test records. The pre‐processing of climatic variable data to reduce the deleterious effects of multicollinearity, and the use of stopping rules to prevent overfitting of the models are important aspects of the modelling process.
- Full Text:
- Date Issued: 2001
- Authors: Robertson, Mark P , Caithness, N , Villet, Martin H
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: To be catalogued
- Language: English
- Type: text , article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/442609 , vital:74014 , https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1472-4642.2001.00094.x
- Description: We present a correlative modelling technique that uses locality records (associated with species presence) and a set of predictor variables to produce a statistically justifiable probability response surface for a target species. The probability response surface indicates the suitability of each grid cell in a map for the target species in terms of the suite of predictor variables. The technique constructs a hyperspace for the target species using principal component axes derived from a principal components analysis performed on a training dataset. The training dataset comprises the values of the predictor variables associated with the localities where the species has been recorded as present. The origin of this hyperspace is taken to characterize the centre of the niche of the organism. All the localities (grid‐cells) in the map region are then fitted into this hyperspace using the values of the predictor variables at these localities (the prediction dataset). The Euclidean distance from any locality to the origin of the hyperspace gives a measure of the ‘centrality’ of that locality in the hyperspace. These distances are used to derive probability values for each grid cell in the map region. The modelling technique was applied to bioclimatic data to predict bioclimatic suitability for three alien invasive plant species (Lantana camara L., Ricinus communis L. and Solanum mauritianum Scop.) in South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. The models were tested against independent test records by calculating area under the curve (AUC) values of receiver operator characteristic (ROC) curves and kappa statistics. There was good agreement between the models and the independent test records. The pre‐processing of climatic variable data to reduce the deleterious effects of multicollinearity, and the use of stopping rules to prevent overfitting of the models are important aspects of the modelling process.
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- Date Issued: 2001
Deconstructing the Transvaal Supergroup, South Africa: implications for Palaeoproterozoic palaeoclimate models
- Moore, John M, Tsikos, Harilaos, Polteau, S
- Authors: Moore, John M , Tsikos, Harilaos , Polteau, S
- Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6078 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006122
- Description: Current correlations between the Pretoria and Postmasburg Groups of the Transvaal Supergroup are shown to be invalid. The Postmasburg Group is also demonstrated to be broadly conformable with the underlying Ghaap Group and therefore considerably older (~2.4 Ga) than previously supposed. The new stratigraphy documents an extensive (100 Ma) and continuous cold-climate episode with a glacial maximum at the Makganyene Formation diamictite. Iron formations of the underlying Asbesheuwels and Koegas Subgroups and overlying Hotazel Formation have similar origins, related, respectively, to the onset and cessation of the glacial event. This interpretation of the Transvaal Supergroup stratigraphy has significant implications for various Palaeoproterozoic environmental models and for the timing of the development of an oxygenated atmosphere.
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- Date Issued: 2001
- Authors: Moore, John M , Tsikos, Harilaos , Polteau, S
- Date: 2001
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: vital:6078 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1006122
- Description: Current correlations between the Pretoria and Postmasburg Groups of the Transvaal Supergroup are shown to be invalid. The Postmasburg Group is also demonstrated to be broadly conformable with the underlying Ghaap Group and therefore considerably older (~2.4 Ga) than previously supposed. The new stratigraphy documents an extensive (100 Ma) and continuous cold-climate episode with a glacial maximum at the Makganyene Formation diamictite. Iron formations of the underlying Asbesheuwels and Koegas Subgroups and overlying Hotazel Formation have similar origins, related, respectively, to the onset and cessation of the glacial event. This interpretation of the Transvaal Supergroup stratigraphy has significant implications for various Palaeoproterozoic environmental models and for the timing of the development of an oxygenated atmosphere.
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- Date Issued: 2001
Recruiters Guidelines
- COSATU
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109753 , vital:33186
- Description: The purpose of this booklet is to touch in number of areas, which are important at this point for the recruitment campaign of the federation. It is not meant even by implication to provide details of how to handle the campaign what it does is to highlight issues and areas that we must think in the preparation for this campaign. More importantly is the fact that COSATU remains the biggest federation in South Africa and fastest growing international. Beside a loss of membership from + 2 million to + 1.8 million members. The decrease in membership is mostly because of retrenchments. The well known fact is that only about 40% of the workforce that is unionized. The aim of the recruitment drive is to access this 60% that is not unionized. The mistake must not be committed to think that the 40%, which is unionized, belong to COSATU. There are two other federations plus number of non-affiliated unions. Our commitment to One Country One Federation does not stop us to recruit from other unions as long as we remain under different bodies. This October campaign coincides with Red October campaign of the SACP and Health and Safety month of the federation this must be seen as strength than lack of co-ordination. One area that is link to recruitment is the servicing of membership. It is useless to recruit and fail to service membership because every campaign that we will take around recruitment we may find ourselves had to fight with disgruntled members and obviously it will be difficult to attract new members. This must say to us that members come first.
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- Date Issued: 2001
- Authors: COSATU
- Date: 2001
- Subjects: COSATU
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/109753 , vital:33186
- Description: The purpose of this booklet is to touch in number of areas, which are important at this point for the recruitment campaign of the federation. It is not meant even by implication to provide details of how to handle the campaign what it does is to highlight issues and areas that we must think in the preparation for this campaign. More importantly is the fact that COSATU remains the biggest federation in South Africa and fastest growing international. Beside a loss of membership from + 2 million to + 1.8 million members. The decrease in membership is mostly because of retrenchments. The well known fact is that only about 40% of the workforce that is unionized. The aim of the recruitment drive is to access this 60% that is not unionized. The mistake must not be committed to think that the 40%, which is unionized, belong to COSATU. There are two other federations plus number of non-affiliated unions. Our commitment to One Country One Federation does not stop us to recruit from other unions as long as we remain under different bodies. This October campaign coincides with Red October campaign of the SACP and Health and Safety month of the federation this must be seen as strength than lack of co-ordination. One area that is link to recruitment is the servicing of membership. It is useless to recruit and fail to service membership because every campaign that we will take around recruitment we may find ourselves had to fight with disgruntled members and obviously it will be difficult to attract new members. This must say to us that members come first.
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- Date Issued: 2001