CPUT shuts down after protest
Some students were still digging in their heels and refusing to vacate the university residences by 16h00 on Friday, arguing that an eviction order would be required to make them go.
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The 1973 Durban strikes and the workers movement to end apartheid
The author argues that the Durban strikes not only resulted in the development of union structures, better working conditions, and salary increases, they also became a significant force in the liberation movement.
Ordinary working people are being priced out of Accra and pushed into inadequate housing
Bright Adu Larbi, a 38-year-old security guard making 500 Ghanaian cedis (US$45) a month, didn’t need the ongoing economic crisis to feel overwhelmed by the cost of […]
Films on disability, load shedding and black hair awarded at Khayelitsha festival
Local film festival recognises local talent.
Media workers in Cameroon face rising, violent repression; the murder of journalists is Exhibit A
In 2019, Paul Chouta was held for two years at the Kondengui Central Prison in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde, a maximum-security prison notorious for […]
Corruption of Cape Town’s housing waiting list being investigated
The Housing Assembly is taking on a campaign for an alternative and public housing waiting list.
Bertha Movie House in Khayelitsha to host 3 day film festival
The three-day festival is about showcasing local stories and talent.
Lili accuses the State Security Agency of ‘sleeping on the job’
Speakers at the memorial service of slain politician and businessman, Loyiso Nkohla, urged the communities to continue with the struggle. Nkohla joined the ANC in 2004, the DA in 2016, and the Land Party and Patriotic Alliance since then.
Nyanga commuters happy with resumption of train services
The partial re-opening of the central line in Cape Town has brought a collective sigh of relief from commuters.
Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.
Jagersfontein seven months after mine dam collapse
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.
Women’s cooperatives overcome water wars and climate drought in Rojava
Ever since devastating twin earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on the night of 5-6 February killing over 50,000 people and displacing millions, the world’s attention […]
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