Toilet cleaners strike over non-payment
The workers have resorted to strike action to get the cleaning company and the City of Cape Town to pay what is due to them.
The workers have resorted to strike action to get the cleaning company and the City of Cape Town to pay what is due to them.
The mining-affected community of Bapong village blames mining companies for the environmental deterioration of the area.
“People do as they please, and without consequences in this department,” workers say.
The Jagersfontein community say that they are worried about the snail pace to implement the recommendations of the report following the 2021 mine tailings dam collapse.
The agreement reached is a major victory in the ongoing battle to hold mining companies to account.
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Due to desperation, the Jagersfontein community is now divided with each side accusing the other of collaborating with the mine bosses and the police they accuse of being in the bosses’ pockets.
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To mark Human Rights Day and to stand in solidarity with the global climate movement, the marchers called for system change.
Environmental activists are demanding an end to the use of fossil fuels and a move to 100% renewable energy.