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Farmworkers tell of slave-master relationship with farmers after 25 years of democracy

1st May 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Farmworkers and their organisations organised a speak-out to highlight the new wave of evictions that is said to be linked to calls for expropriation of land without compensation.

Freedom Day in South Africa – a reminder of unfinished business

25th April 2019 Henning Melber 0

South Africans celebrate Freedom Day on April 27 every year to mark the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. A quarter of a century later, though, questions […]

Shack dwellers and the politics of floods

24th April 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

According to Mqapheli Bonono of Abahlali baseMjondolo it will take the people living in informal settlements in Durban the longest time to get their lives back together again.

What young Zambians have to say about making farming more attractive

22nd April 2019 Thomas Daum 0

Africa has the youngest population of any continent – 60% are under age 25. While this has evoked both hope and fear, it is clear that […]

How portrayal of protest in South Africa denigrates poor people

18th April 2019 Steven Friedman 0

Poor people in South Africa often feel that the only way they can be heard is to protest. The past few days have shown that not […]

Sowing the seeds of peace in South Sudan

17th April 2019 Equal Times 0

Almost a month to go ahead of the traditional rainy season in Gbudue State, 430 kilometres west of South Sudan’s capital city of Juba, smallholder […]

Cyclone Idai is over – but its health effects will be felt for a long time

15th April 2019 Kerrigan McCarthy Lucille Blumberg 0

People in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe have started trying to rebuild their lives after the devastation wrought by Cyclone Idai. Southern Malawi and Mozambique were already […]

In Brazil, thousands of people are still living under the threat of bursting mining dams

27th March 2019 Equal Times 0

Barely 500 metres separates the first houses in the Rio do Peixe neighbourhood of Itabira and the fifth largest mining dam in the Brazilian state […]

Poor coverage of floods in southern Africa? Blame the media bosses

26th March 2019 Glenda Daniels 0

South African media has been criticised on social media for its initially superficial and underwhelming coverage of the massive floods in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi […]

Tropical cyclone Idai: The storm that knew no boundaries

25th March 2019 Jennifer Fitchett 0

Tropical cyclone Idai has made headlines across southern Africa throughout the month of March. Lingering in the Mozambique Channel at tropical cyclone intensity for six days, the […]

Responses to Zimbabwe highlight gulf between the region and the west

13th March 2019 Brian Raftopoulos 0

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe. EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli Brian Raftopoulos, University of the Free State […]

Women farm workers achieve justice on the job in Morocco

11th March 2019 Equal Times 0

Wrapped in a warm pink headscarf and thick layers of sweaters and shirts, Nezha Chafik, a farm worker in Morocco, bends as she walks between […]

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