DUT will host the 40th anniversary celebration of the South African Labour Bulletin (SALB), the only alternative anti-apartheid publication which survived into South Africa’s new democracy on Monday, 10 November 2014.
The celebration will take place at DUT’s Hotel School, Ritson Campus, Durban, from 18h00 to 22h00.

SALB is a specialist labour publication which has become a resource for key players within the labour movement and those analysing trends within the broader labour market. It is a bi-monthly journal that is packaged in a well-illustrated lively format that is quick to read and easy to carry.

This popular journal was formed at the height of apartheid in 1974 by Richard Turner, when labour movements were being suppressed and labour activists detained, banned and even murdered. The SALB journal provides cutting-edge information and critical analysis and debates on a variety of social issues, namely labour, politics, economics, health, education, sport, youth, women, HIV/AIDS, the environment, culture and book reviews.

Elijah Chiwota, SALB Editor said the aim of the publication was to legitimise, advocate and document developments in the labour movement and labour market, and to promote alternative views that challenged the hegemony of the oppressive apartheid state. The publication also aims to tackle issues of women and gender at the workplace as well as youth unemployment which has huge implications on labour issues and economic development.

“The Bulletin’s mission is to be a media that advances progressive politics and promotes social justice by providing accessible and engaging information, critical analyses and debates on issues and challenges that confront workers, their organisations and communities. Issues of women and gender at the workplace are other areas of focus,” he said.

-Noxolo Memela