Community care workers on strike for permanent jobs
Community healthcare workers are on the frontline in the battle against the covid-19 pandemic, yet in the Eastern Cape are still ‘volunteers’.
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In desperate search of disposal sites for its nuclear waste, Japan offers poisonous grants to two small villages
One morning in September, 87-year-old retiree Masao Takimoto was reading the newspaper in his house in Kamoenai when a news story captured his attention, ruined […]
As Poland’s women’s movement celebrates a tentative victory, LGBTI activists are still fighting PiS’s ugly culture war
This August Linus Lewandowski was physically attacked by a group of strangers, simply for being gay. The 28-year-old software engineer and LGBTI+ rights activist was […]
Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place
Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.
Child labour rife in Zimbabwe
The high levels of poverty in Zimbabwe are pushing children into working to survive.
Study sheds light on how South Africa can best tackle prejudice against migrants
Xenophobia is a serious problem in South Africa. Cross-border migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the country face harassment and discrimination. Hundreds of incidents of anti-immigrant hate crime […]
Trade unions and civil society are pushing for ambitious climate action in Scotland
As Glasgow prepares to host COP26, the UN climate summit in November 2021, Scotland will take centre stage in the global power struggle surrounding if […]
Covid numbers at Eastern Cape universities spike
The surge in numbers of students testing positive is a cause for concern for universities in the Eastern Cape.
Retail employees humiliated by boss’s daughter demand compensation
Women employed by a prominent flower retail business in Port Elizabeth who were humiliated in September by the boss’s daughter want the company to compensate […]
Residents of newly occupied settlements demand basic services
Residents of newly occupied areas in Cape Town struggle to maintain a dignified life without water, electricity and sanitation services.
In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes
If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]
Education department mum on youth pay
School patrollers and covid-19 brigades say they have not been paid for the past three months.
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