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The Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit (NALSU) is a labour studies hub at Sociology, Rhodes University built around a vibrant team.

Joined February 2020
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video - Anele Dloto | Informal Construction Labour and the Meanings of Skill: Roadside Hiring in Buffalo City, South Africa ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: The Vuyisile Mini Workers Schools and Neil Aggett Labour Studies Lectures Singisa Mdungwana & Lucien van der Walt, "Workers World News", 2026 no. 133 ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU Labour Studies Seminar/Webinar: Anele Dloto, "Informal Construction Labour & Meanings of Skill: Roadside Hiring in Buffalo City, South Africa", 4PM, WED 22 April 2026, Steve Biko Room (Sociology Dept), Rhodes Univ: ru.ac.za/nalsu Zoom: tinyurl.com/3nyy7pbt
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video - Lincoln Addison: Chiefs of the Plantation: Authority and Contestation on the South Africa-Zimbabwe Border ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: NALSU's Siviwe Mhlana and Mike Rogan argue that hype around the so-called new economy ignores the informal economy, which is the main form of employment (and key  source of livelihoods) for most of the world’s workers. ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video. Henry Dee, book launch: "Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU& the Mass Movement of Black Workers in Southern Africa 1896-1951". Amazing story of Kadalie Industrial & Commercial Workers' Union of Africa ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Lucien van der Walt | "It’s Not Austerity We Face: The State of the State". Many have framed criticisms of SA National Budget in terms of "neoliberal austerity". This seriously misreads the post-apartheid state& fosters strategic dead-ends: ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video - Peter Cole | Dockworker Battles on the Global Waterfront: Unions, Boycotts, and Apartheid. More: YOUTUBE: shorturl.at/vM1UF PODCAST: shorturl.at/ascyg ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU Labour Studies Seminar/Webinar: Henry Dee, Militant Migrants: Clements Kadalie, the ICU and the Mass Movement of Black Workers in SA, 1896-1951 4pm, Thurs, 19 Feb, Eden Grove Seminar Room 3, Rhodes University Zoom-tinyurl.com/yacwxt9m MORE: ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Research by South African Cultural Observatory Research (SACO) shows social and economic value of creative workers, events, and National Arts Festival. Prof Jen Snowball of SACO& NALSU reports on a major study. More at NALSU ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Recent Labour Studies Scholarships. The Neil Aggett Labour Studies Unit helps foster new labour scholars and work. Our current awardees - Sinazo Maxhakana, Sandiso Mzendana, Sibusiso Ngonyama -- have ventured on exciting new research paths: ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video - Dinga Sikwebu|"COSATU@40: Decades of Political Alignment and Entanglement" (Annual Neil Aggett Labour Studies Lecture) More: Youtube: shorturl.at/yZqtG Podcast : tinyurl.com/2ht26z74 ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU NEWS: Labour Studies podcast/video - Dinga Sikwebu|"COSATU@40: Decades of Political Alignment and Entanglement" (Annual Neil Aggett Labour Studies Lecture) More: Youtube: shorturl.at/Pmg7T  Podcast : tinyurl.com/2ht26z74 ru.ac.za/nalsu
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NALSU News: Looking back on the 2025 Vuyisile Mini Workers School and Neil Aggett Labour Studies Lecture It has been a week since the 2025 Vuyisile Mini Workers School, held in partnership with Rhodes University, NALSU, and the FES South Africa. MORE: ru.ac.za/nalsu
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Yesterday was day 3 of the Vuyisile Mini Workers school. We are officially halfway with the week!
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Mr Siphelele Ngidi from WITS joined us via zoom for conversations on government’s policies for the informal sector.
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Today, we enthusiastically wait for Mr Dinga Sikwebu’s public lecture, COSATU@40: Decades of political alignment and entanglement. You are welcome to join us at 16:00 pm, 123 High Street Makhanda Graham Hotel (Albany Room) OR via Zoom tinyurl.com/2cuekuw5
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Day 2 of the Vuyisile Mini Workers School in Makhanda, in partnership with NALSU, Rhodes University and @FES_SouthAfrica , took off with reflections from Day 1.
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Dr Sandie Phakathi from the Department Economics & Economics History Department at Rhodes University joined us via zoom discussing state agricultural policy.
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It has been a day filled with deep engagement, critical thinking, and meaningful conversations, a continuation of the rich learning journey this programme is shaping to be. Follow NALSU on: Facebook: lnkd.in/dKQDzZvb LinkedIn: shorturl.at/ynfzs

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