
Climate activists march on Human Rights Day against fossil fuels
To mark Human Rights Day and to stand in solidarity with the global climate movement, the marchers called for system change.
To mark Human Rights Day and to stand in solidarity with the global climate movement, the marchers called for system change.
There was no looting or any of the public violence that occupied media attention in the build-up to the shutdown.
The department says it is doing its best to place learners who applied late.
The police became heavy handed as they tried to prevent the strikers from blocking the entrances to Khayelitsha District Hospital.
The union is appealing an interdict against their strike action and spent the first day rallying workers in Khayelitsha’s public facilities to join the strike.
The finance minister would deny in his speech that he was presenting an austerity budget, but confirmed the expectations of public sector unions and the unemployed who marched in Cape Town against budget austerity.
Absenteeism continues in schools in Khayelitsha because of the climate of fear and uncertainty caused by the taxi associations, says the Western Cape education department.
The ongoing blockade of learner transport operators in Khayelitsha has resulted in over 13,000 learners missing school since Monday.
The Grade 12 learners at the school this year say they are feeling the pressure to beat the 70% pass rate achieved by the class of 2022.
About 500 residents of Cape Town held a speak-out a few metres away from the Cape Town city hall where the president was delivering the state of the nation address.
Residents of particularly informal settlements founded on vacant land during the 2020-2022 lockdown, say that they are subjected to constant harassment by law enforcement officers.
The 2022 matric results saw an improvement in poor schools despite the lack of resources that impact on the provision of quality education.