Sex workers complain of police harassment and rape
The festive season is seen as boom time for sex work but also a period of heightened police brutality.
Marginalised workers
Fury after taxi operator dies in police custody
Codeta is calling for the national Minister of Police to intervene.
E-hailing drivers go on strike in Cape Town
Vulnerable to arbitrary decisions by the e-hailing apps and criminals posing as passengers, the drivers called for government protection.
Farmworkers march to demand a ban on harmful pesticides
The protestors want Germany to stop exporting 67 hazardous pesticides that are banned in Europe, to South Africa
60 Intercape drivers demand their jobs back
The bus company is accused of stamping out any attempt by its employees to join a union, and using authoritarian tactics.
For domestic workers, women’s month marks their ongoing struggle
Domestic workers are still fighting from the margins of unregulated labour where slave-like servitude persists and goes unreported.
EPWP workers disrupt Durban waste collection to demand their jobs
EPWP workers in eThekwini have been protesting for a week now, demanding permanent employment.
EPWP workers march in Durban against imminent job losses
EPWP workers march to save about 9,000 jobs that are set to be lost in eThekwini Municipality.
EPWP workers to lose their jobs in eThekwini
The trade unions in local government in eThekwini are shocked at the cancellation of contracts of about 9,000 EPWP workers.
Lesufi’s Green Army face a jobless tomorrow
Over 90,000 recruits are left in limbo as Lesufi’s Nasi iSpani project is in turmoil.
Residents protest for EPWP cleaning jobs
Ward 95 residents blocked Baden Powell Drive demanding transparency from the councillor in EPWP job appointments.
Sex workers call for decriminalisation bill to be signed into law
“We’re tired of the talk, and want action and for sex workers to be taken as human beings”
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