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Migrant truck drivers live in fear as government leads harassment campaign

1st December 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

The government-led clampdown on foreign drivers has created fear and insecurity among foreign drivers, both documented and undocumented.

Clover workers strike against Israeli owners

30th November 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

The Clover workers are striking over salary cuts and retrenchments while calling for a boycott of the dairy company’s products in solidarity with Palestine.

Activists adamant against seismic survey of EC coast by Shell

29th November 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

The outcry against plans for an offshore seismic survey by Shell on the Eastern Cape coast is growing.

Joburg waste pickers decry abuse while making ends meet

15th November 2021 Chris Gilili 0

Wastepickers get no help nor recognition from the City of Johannesburg which seems to try to take their livelihoods away from them.

Activists and union members march for Basic Income Grant

11th November 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

The Cry of the Xcluded demand a basic income grant of R1,500 which they say will meet the immediate needs of the unemployed.

Numsa members want no deal with Sizwe Medical Aid

28th October 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

Sizwe Medical Aid in the experience of dissenting auto workers has failed to pay doctors’ bills and bankrupted members.

NUMSA determined to win 8% increase

5th October 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Numsa handed a memorandum of demands to the Metal and Engineering Industry Bargaining Council (MEIBC) on the first day of its national strike in the sector.

For India’s stigmatised and exploited sanitation workers, the pandemic has only made conditions worse

21st September 2021 Equal Times 0

It is barely 5am and Borun Haari* is already out on the streets of Kolkata, pushing his waste handcart. A door-to-door garbage collector and street […]

Deep-sea mining: civil society sounds the alarm on the threat posed to biodiversity

20th September 2021 Equal Times 0

Sometimes referred to as the ‘oil of the 21st century’, metals such as nickel, cobalt and manganese are used to make the batteries that power […]

Zimbabwe launches National Labour Migration Policy to help protect migrant workers

14th September 2021 Equal Times 0

Although there is no reliable data, with an estimated 4 to 7 million people living outside of the country, Zimbabwe has one of the highest […]

University workers demand insourcing and better working conditions

3rd September 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

Led by Giwusa, workers at university residences in major cities in South Africa have gone strike

Teachers in KZN turn to Zikalala for help

18th August 2021 Nokulunga Majola 0

Sadtu says there is a shortage of more than 2,000 teachers in KwaZulu-Natal.

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