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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.

Families of slain Rheinmetall workers say the company is responsible

7th May 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The explosion at the munitions plant in Macassar in the Western Cape took place in September 2018, taking the lives of eight workers and injuring one other.

Joburg wastepickers against “recycling levy”

3rd May 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The formalisation of recycling in Joburg city looks to sideline the people who have been doing the work informally all along.

Cape Town firefighters suspended for demanding fair jobs

3rd May 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Cape Town firefighters say that they are expected to put out fires while facing disciplinary action, and that they are exhausted and stressed.

Temporary staff at schools hope for contract extension

21st April 2021 Nkosemntu Stuurman 0

Education assistants and school principals hope that the contract for education assistants gets extended as they are playing an important role in learning and teaching under Covid-19.

EPWP workers in East London demand better working conditions

19th April 2021 Anele Mbi 0

The EPWP workers have vowed to fight until their demands are met.

A year of lockdown in pictures

8th April 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

On day 378 of the national lockdown, Elitsha looks back at the past twelve months and the pictures we took.

Khayelitsha streets still littered with debris a week after protest

30th March 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Two Khayelitsha based organisations accuse the City of Cape Town of discrimination in the way it provides services.

Activists call for Johnson & Johnson to end ‘vaccine apartheid’

18th March 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

Johnson & Johnson does not see intellectual property as a barrier to Covid-19 treatments and vaccines

Xenophobic attacks on informal traders in Durban not an isolated incident

10th March 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

Xenophobia continues to rear its ugly head without check from the authorities.

Shortage of teachers plagues EC schools

26th February 2021 Lilita Gcwabe 0

While some schools in the Eastern Cape may have sufficient teachers, they may not have a library or laboratory – like Gcinubuzwe Combined School in Jansenville.

SAFTU slams “heavy handedness” of the police in Cape Town

24th February 2021 Mzi Velapi 0

The South African Federation of Trade Unions has condemned the excessive police deployment against the federation’s march in Cape Town in support of their national […]

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