SA in the global economy
- Authors: TURP
- Date: 1997
- Subjects: TURP
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160942 , vital:40569
- Description: There are growing ties in the world between countries which coincides with current major social, political and economic restructuring. This is what many refer to as “globalisation”. Globalisation is a process which involves greater influence by global forces on individual countries such as South Africa. It means that global rules are being set which impact on: the policies of our government, the way companies in South Africa make their plans, the way that trade unions, community organisations and development organisations take up issues, and the way individuals make a living in the country. Globalisation has raised new and difficult issues for the labour movement and have thrown up new forms of struggle. Some of these issues have stumped and even demobilised some unionists in South Africa and internationally. Some feel that globalisation cannot be challenged and that there is no alternative. Others feel that we have not become powerless and that there are ways to fight its negative effects. Turp has published a book on these issues entitled, South Africa in the Global Economy: understanding the challenges, working towards alternatives. One of the main purposes of the book is to clarify what the new complex and challenging issues are. By doing this, we hope to clarify what we are up against.
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- Date Issued: 1997
Updated information of SITE
- Authors: TURP
- Date: Nov 1992
- Subjects: TURP
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/139726 , vital:37773
- Description: Since 1988 most workers in South Africa have had their wages taxed under the SITE system. SITE stands for Standard Income Tax on Employees. Under SITE the employer is responsible for making sure that workers pay the correct amount of tax. The Receiver of Revenue is not directly involved. Workers are now the only people who can check up on their employers to make sure that the correct amount of tax is being taken off their wages. So, it has become very important that workers know about SITE and how it works.
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- Date Issued: Nov 1992
The concentration of economic power in South Africa
- Authors: TURP
- Date: 1991
- Subjects: TURP
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/160931 , vital:40568
- Description: Debate on a post-apartheid economy has once again raised the question of the concentration of economic power in South Africa. It is a known fact that the wealth of South Africa is concentrated in a few hands. For example, it is estimated that 5 % of the population owns 80% of the wealth in the country. At the same time, millions of our people live in poverty. Over half the population in South Africa live below the poverty datum lines (amounts needed for very basic subsistence).
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- Date Issued: 1991
Medical schemes for workers
- Authors: Trade Union Research Project (TURP)
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: TURP
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/169044 , vital:41678
- Description: Medical insurance schemes have become one of 111 the many fringe benefits being negotiated by unions. Medical insurance schemes are tied to the struggle for an adequate health service. Workers’ decision on whether or not to join medical insurance schemes has an important bearing on the operation of health services in a future democratic society. This booklet examines medical aid schemes, their advantages and disadvantages, how they operate and what possible alternatives to medical aid schemes exist. The booklet also looks at the state’s health strategy and how medical aid schemes fit into this. Chapter One of this booklet discusses the broad issues relating to medical insurance. Medical Aid Schemes and Medical Benefit Schemes are discussed in chapters two and three. Chapters four and five are for extra information. Some specific medical aid schemes are evaluated in chapter four. Chapter five looks at the tariff structure (cost) of medical services provided at Natal Provincial Hospitals. Medical Insurance means all the different types of schemes that operate to insure people against medical costs. A medical insurance could take the form of a medical aid scheme, a medical benefit scheme or other types of schemes. This-booklet concentrates on medical aid and medical benefit schemes.
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- Date Issued: 1989
Workers Tax - How to calculate your tax under the new SITE system
- Authors: TURP
- Date: 1989
- Subjects: TURP
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/135681 , vital:37288
- Description: Through their organisations, workers have raised ill many problems with the tax system in South Africa. The main issue is that although everyone in South Africa pays tax, the majority of the people cannot choose their government and so they have no say in how their money is spent. Only 14% of South Africans can vote for the government. However, the government decides howto use everyones’ money. Clearly, then, the payment of tax is a political issue. Everyone should have an equal say in how their money is spent. Tax is also an issue that particularly concerns workers. Since the introduction, in 1988, of the Standard Income Tax on Employees (SITE), workers have had their tax assessed by their employers. How this happens and the problems that this can cause, are set out in this booklet. Many workers may have paid too much tax between March and July this year. They should be refunded the money. It is important to check and see if this has happened. The booklet will explain howtodo this and will teach people how to work out how much tax they should be paying. Tax is also being taken up as a womens' issue because married women pay more tax than anyone else.
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- Date Issued: 1989