She previously taught Sociology at the University of South Africa and University of Pretoria. She has also worked as a researcher in the Sociology of Work Unit (SWOP), now the Society, Work and Development Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She is the Co-editor for Pluto Press Wildcat Series: Workers Movements and Global Capitalism (with Alexander, Peter (University of Johannesburg); Ness, Immanuel (City University of New York); Pringle, Tim (SOAS University of London)