Fear as Covid-19 plagues learning and teaching
The chilling deaths of three teachers from different schools in Khayelitsha due to the coronavirus and the general unsanitised schooling environment reported by the Khayelitsha […]
Health
SADTU accepts classroom assistants idea
Two education stakeholders say they are not opposed to the introduction of classroom assistants that would facilitate lesson plans for teachers that need to be working from home due to covid-19 vulnerability.
Emptied of tourists, Venice is full of ideas. But is the solidarity economy enough to sustain the city?
“When we closed the bookstore, we also removed the No Grandi Navi flag from the window, as a sign of appeasement,” the owner of the MarcoPolo bookshop […]
In the fallout from COVID-19, Latin America risks losing its remittance lifeline
Under normal circumstances, Isaac Cubillan would have stayed home, a place he describes as having everything: beaches, beautiful landscapes and delicious food. But, one of […]
Protest by Cecilia Makiwane Hospital workers forces decontamination
Healthcare workers at Cecilia Makiwane Hospital in Mdantsane had to stage a silent protest for the hospital management to agree to decontaminate the hospital.
Community leaders demand whole village get tested for Covid-19
A covid-19 cluster outbreak in a school in Mount Frere causes panic in the Eastern Cape and teachers union calls for schools to be shut down in the province.
Covid-19 exposes ailing health system in E Cape
The coronavirus has exposed the ailing public health system and the inequalities between private and public healthcare.
Employers failing to provide adequate PPE
Workers and unions continue to be on the defensive under covid-19 conditions as many employers are putting their profits ahead of workers’ health and safety.
Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious
According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the […]
Parents shut down schools in Khayelitsha
The WCED has condemned the shutting down of schools by parents demanding that the schools be deep cleaned after teachers test positive for covid-19.
Municipal workers in Port Elizabeth march for better working conditions
Municipal workers in Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality march for insourcing and danger allowance during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The food crisis and hunger pandemic
The measures taken by government to slow the spread of COVID-19 have unmasked the face of racialised and gendered inequalities hiding in the folds of democracy.
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