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Women farmworkers call for land redistribution to address hunger

28th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Access to food for farmworkers can depend on the season and on violence in the home and in the community.

Protest leaders arrested as tensions grow in Covid Village

27th May 2025 Vincent Lali 0

Protesters allegedly burned down shacks belonging to residents not joining the protest action.

Alternative budget calls for taxing of the rich

21st May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The People Against Budget Cuts want a budget that responds to the crises of public services.

Cape Town commemorates the 1948 Nakba as the beginning of the genocide underway

19th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

“We will never allow another Nakba on our watch”

SA lags behind African unions in organising e-hailing workers

16th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

E-hailing workers are organised in unions in Kenya, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal.

Farm workers march to demand services from the Department of Labour

13th May 2025 Vincent Lali 0

The protesters called for the department of labour to enforce all labour laws, including the national minimum wage and harsh punishment for non-compliant employers,

Court interpreters in W Cape on strike

8th May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The strike by court interpreters over non-payment has entered its fourth day on Thursday.

Western Cape healthcare workers want what they have in Gauteng – permanent employment

1st May 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

Currently they earn a minimum wage under R5,000 while playing a key role in the provision of primary healthcare.

South Africans swim from Robben Island in support of Palestine

28th April 2025 Mzi Velapi 0

The relay swim raised R600,000 for the relief work of Gift of the Givers in Palestine.

Shack dwellers from Khayelitsha protest in Cape Town

24th April 2025 Vincent Lali 0

As winter creeps in, residents of informal settlements in Khayelitsha protest for basic services.

Prasa removes informal traders from Khayelitsha Station

2nd April 2025 Vincent Lali 0

Plans to fully re-open the central line come at a high price for informal traders

Informal settlement residents protest for basic services on Human Rights Day

21st March 2025 Vincent Lali 0

The protest by Social Distance informal settlement started on Wednesday after electricity disconnections.

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