Bearing Witness

Perhaps the tide is turning and the monotonous conventional media “framing” of working-class and class-alliance political matters is going to be swept away at last. Richard Calland’s book-extract from the Sunday Times could be a sign of better understanding from the media fraternity. Let’s hope so, for the sake of peace and goodwill if nothing else. See the link below. COSATU’s Gauteng Province together with the Gauteng Safety and Security MEC Firoz Cachalia are intervening in the scandalous, murderous Karan Beef dispute. Let’s hope this mess gets fixed up good this time. See the link for the details. CU reader Prof. Devan Pillay had a very strong letter published in yesterday’s Business Day about the surreal Dali Mpofu and the bizarre crew at the head of the SABC. See it linked below. COSATU also commented on the SABC shenanigans in a press release, but more related to the attempt to “isolate and neutralise” the popular John Perlman for speaking truth to air. This follows earlier and similar bluster in relation to COSATU GS Zwelinzima Vavi, concerning which the federation has never had a satisfactory response from the Auckland Park megalomaniacs. See the links. COSATU affiliate SADTU joins with the YCL in an initiative to take the question of school violence properly in had. See the detailed statement linked below, which among other things calls for a stakeholder summit with a clear agenda for action. Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 is the first new version of this browser in 5 years. It goes faster, looks better, reads easier and has a convenient tab system that saves time and screen space. It can be downloaded free from http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ . Click on these links: COSATU a force to be reckoned with Richard Calland S Times (1432 words) MEC Firoz Cachalia to visit Heidelberg Police re Karan Beef strike (346 words) Narrow Nationalist thinking Devan Pillay Business Day (354 words) COSATU condemns SABC disciplinary hearing (223 words) SADTU supports YCL call for summit on school violence (739 words)