Health report scathing on Free State clinics
The Free State health department has asked for time to study a scathing report on health provision in the province.
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Transnet workers on strike over wages
Workers at Transnet are demanding a 13,5% increase while the employer is offering 3%.
Cosatu marches for decent work
Workers in twelve major centres around the country marched for decent and improved working conditions.
Zamimpilo residents hostage to Zama-Zama war
Residents of Zamimpilo informal settlement say they trip over uncollected heaps of rubbish during the day and duck bullets from zama-zamas at night.
Former president Mbeki still in denial about AIDS
Despite all the evidence and the turnaround in the HIV/AIDS epidemic since the rollout of ARV therapy, Mbeki still doubts the cause of AIDS.
Yeoville Market traders still picking up the pieces three months after fire
“Things will never be the same ever again,” said one trader who lost everything in the June fire.
Khayelitsha men talk about gender-based violence
Imbizo ya Madoda saw men living in and around Khayelitsha participating in a long overdue and crucial conversation around GBV.
Cosatu delegates boo Mantashe off stage
The public sector unions in Cosatu are angered by the threat to collective bargaining and are looking to the congress underway at Gallagher Convention Centre, to lead a united response.
Climate activists call for “system change”
The climate activists called out the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy for being the biggest stumbling block to a just transition from fossil fuels.
Zama-Zama war in Johannesburg’s west
As calls for formalisation of artisanal and small-scale mining grow due to high levels of violence, rape and GBV, residents of Bosmont in the West Rand are calling for the deployment of the army to protect the community.
Homophobia rife at work
LGBTQI+ workers say that the unions need to do more to protect them.
Cosatu congress to reflect on the alliance again
Cosatu says its upcoming congress will report on work done since 2018, take stock of the organisation and reflect on the course of the National Democratic Revolution.
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