Grooms dismissed from PE race course charge ward councillor for running security business from public office
Hysterical reports of the protest in the mainstream media claimed the dismissed grooms had stabbed and maimed horses.
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Civil society demands extension and increase of COVID social relief grants
The organisations are also demanding that a comprehensive plan for a guaranteed basic income be put in place in the next national budget.
The coronavirus pandemic has put Asia’s Indigenous communities under serious pressure
Many communities have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis, but for some, such as the Chao Lay, the global slowdown in travel and tourism […]
Casual workers bearing the brunt of Covid-19 and lockdown
The pandemic has targeted the vulnerable in society, and the economic fallout is hurting the ‘precariat’ the most.
YouTubers of the world, unite! – what happens when a grassroots, international creators’ movement and a traditional trade union join forces?
Jörg Sprave built his first slingshot at the age of six but didn’t think of pursuing his hobby further until almost 40 years later. At […]
SAFTU promises rolling mass action
On World Day for Decent Work, trade union federations in South Africa will go on strike against austerity measures and pro-business economic policies.
Zimbabwe teachers resume strike on first day of schools reopening
The Public Service Commission announced that all civil servants will receive a top-up on their salaries but it does not match teachers’ salary demand.
In the United States, families separated by Trump’s immigration policies face an ongoing struggle
In his suburban Los Angeles home, Robert Garrison is going round in circles. It’s been almost a year since this Californian teacher last saw his […]
The ongoing struggle to protect Guinea’s domestic workers
On reaching the home where she was hired as a domestic worker, on 30 May 2020, in the Sangoya district in the upper suburbs of […]
Numsa pickets against human rights abuses in Zimbabwe
International solidarity in a time of pandemic crises, courtesy of Numsa, sadly did not garner the media attention bestowed on the xenophobic Only One South Africa march in Pretoria.
Sewage runs through informal settlement in Cape Town
Dozens of shack dwellers say they have to contend with sewage and uncollected rubbish in Masondo informal settlement near Phase 9 in Wallacedene, Kraaifontein. Some […]
Bucket toilets not cleaned since April in East London informal settlement
The unhygienic situation is a sign of an uncaring government.
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