Why, even with more access to toilets, women in a Kenyan slum avoid them
About 2.3 billion people around the world lack access to basic toilets. This leads to poor sanitation and about 280,000 people per year die as […]
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MyCiti workers storm Civic Centre
MyCiti bus project workers have been on an unprotected strike since the 15th of October to demand insourcing and equal pay for equal work.
Arrest of ZCTU leaders highlights continued repression of trade unions in Zimbabwe
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President Peter […]
Domestic workers want better working and living conditions
The International Domestic Worker Federation concluded its congress in Cape Town on Monday, 19 November.
Domestic worker unions urged to organise migrant workers
Domestic worker unions and organisations have gathered in Cape Town to talk about improving the working and living conditions of domestic workers around the world.
Amadiba Crisis Committee suspicious of Mantashe’s intentions
Gwede Mantashe will for the first time since he took the position of Minister of Mineral Resources in February meet with the Amadiba Crisis Committee.
Why giving South Africans title deeds isn’t the panacea for land reform
The land reform debate in South Africa has become increasingly polarised since Parliament resolved to consider amending the country’s Constitution to allow for the expropriation […]
Town Two fire victims struggling to rebuild their lives
It has been 23 days since the fire and residents of Silvertown informal settlement are still battling to put their lives back together. They have not received disaster funds and identity documents and birth certificates they lost in the fire have still to be replaced.
South Africa is set on fixing its economy. But will poor people benefit?
President Cyril Ramaphosa has been working hard to improve South Africa’s economic situation. In October he hosted a jobs summit that’s expected to produce 275 […]
Striking MyCiti workers vow to continue the fight to be insourced
The striking workers are adamant that they will continue with the strike for insourcing that started in October.
Are Coloured people marginalised?
The author argues that class consciousness is the only way to defeat capitalism.
France’s mental health professionals are on the verge of a breakdown
With a megaphone in one hand and leaflets in the other, Isabelle Bouligaud walks back and forth in front of a crowd of nurses and […]
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