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A new Chile in the making and the rise of the non-traditional left

27th May 2021 Jeremy Daphne Lorena Carrasco Nunez 0

As a result of the uprising, Chileans voted on the 15th and 16th of May 2021 for a 155-seat constitutional assembly to forge a new constitution, along with electing governors, mayors and councillors across the country – with dramatic outcomes.

Public inquiry into the RDM explosion

7th May 2021 Terry Crawford-Browne 0

Peace activist and country coordinator for World Beyond War, Terry Crawford- Browne, kept a diary of the inquiry into the explosion that happened in September 2018 at the Rheinmetall Denel Munition. These are his notes.

Why Maradona will always remain our working class hero

30th November 2020 Martin Jansen 0

From his roots in a Buenos Aires slum to his irreverence for FIFA and his support for socialist governments of Latin America, Maradona was an icon for the left.

Domestic workers caught between a rock and a hard place

10th November 2020 Jonathan Grossman 0

Covid-19 and lockdown have made working conditions for domestic worker worse.

In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes

29th October 2020 Equal Times 0

If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]

Understanding the Covid-19 Pandemic and its social consequences

17th July 2020 Irna Senekal Siyabulela Mama Enver Motala 0

Elitsha Viewpoint Introduction In the richest country in the world we are told that More than twenty-four million US workers have applied for unemployment benefits in the […]

How South African churches can make LGBTIQ people feel safer

1st April 2019 Sellina Palm 0

Research shows that many churches in South Africa remain “hotbeds of homophobia”. This is despite the fact that the country has enshrined LGBTIQ rights in its […]

Why restructuring South Africa’s power utility won’t end the blackouts

29th March 2019 Seán Mfundza Muller 0

Recent power cuts and the announcement that South Africa’s power utility Eskom will be receiving R23billion (about USD$1.5billion) a year in government support for the foreseeable future are symptomatic […]

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 […]

Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps

28th February 2019 Jasper Knight 0

Jasper Knight, University of the Witwatersrand The City of Cape Town – and southwest Africa more generally – experienced its worst drought on record between […]

South Africans are finally set to know who funds their political parties

6th February 2019 Mia Swart 0

South African President Ramaphosa has finally signed into law a new bill aimed at regulating the funding of political parties. It was approved by Parliament in June 2018. […]

South African diplomacy on Zimbabwe can remain quiet – but it must get tough

28th January 2019 Roger Southall 0

Cries of moral outrage have greeted the brutal crackdown by the Zimbabwean security forces on nationwide protests sparked by a sudden, massive, government-ordained hike in the price of […]

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