Nyanga commuters happy with resumption of train services
The partial re-opening of the central line in Cape Town has brought a collective sigh of relief from commuters.
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Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.
Jagersfontein seven months after mine dam collapse
Due to desperation, the Jagersfontein community is now divided with each side accusing the other of collaborating with the mine bosses and the police they accuse of being in the bosses’ pockets.
Costs of basic necessities going up and up
The author argues that government is failing to respond to the lived reality of communities by increasing the amount of the ‘Covid’ grant given to the poorest and making it more accessible.
Strike at Makro to spread to other Walmart-owned stores
The retail company has been attacking members of the union, suspending and dismissing hundreds of workers for participating in pickets and the strike.
Learners with spiritual calling ejected from schools
A calling to hear ancestral voices has got some learners suspended from school.
Water crisis in Nelson Mandela Bay
According to the municipality the current average level in the five dams that supply the metro is 13,27%.
Makro workers begin ten-day wage strike with march in Pretoria
Union lambasts Walmart’s union bashing and “bully-boy” tactics.
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.
EFF, Saftu, PAC declare shutdown a success
There was no looting or any of the public violence that occupied media attention in the build-up to the shutdown.
Saftu calls on communities to join National Shutdown, and those that don’t ‘counter revolutionary’
Saftu’s support for an action led by the EFF threatens to sow division within the federation say critics.
Nehawu strike comes to an end
The union has hailed the strike as a success for forcing the government back into the bargaining council and securing gains for their members before this year’s wage negotiations even begin.
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