Sex worker by trade: how far do human rights go?
“The domestic workers managed to do it.” This is the slogan behind the sex workers’ campaign for an International Labour Organization (ILO) resolution establishing the […]
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Thousands march in solidarity with Rohingya
About 3,000 marchers, chanting and displaying placards, took to the streets of Cape Town in solidarity with the people of Rohingya who live “under apartheid conditions”.
Despite migration ban, Indonesian domestic workers still face forced labour and abuses in the Gulf
“I had only been at my employer’s house for a week and was hit and slapped repeatedly,” says Bu Tayem, a former domestic worker in […]
Radio feature on women in mining
The mining industry has been the backbone of the South African economy since gold was discovered over a century ago. Through colonial exploitative practices, the […]
After Grenfell, the UK government faces urgent demands for more regulation and fewer fire service cuts
More than two months since one of the worst disasters in modern British history and the fallout from London’s Grenfell Tower fire continues to have […]
ANCYL leader wants Hanekom and SACP expelled
“Derek Hanekom has to be expelled for what he did and the SACP has to be expelled for marching against the President yesterday (Monday).” Sayed was addressing ANC supporters after President Jacob Zuma survived the motion of no confidence.
Divisions over shale gas in Morocco
The return of prospecting companies is raising hopes, amongst some, of an economic upturn in this region hard hit by poverty, as well as fears over potential shale gas exploitation on this land dedicated to grazing
Joe Slovo residents demand basic services
Informal settlement residents from Joe Slovo Township near Milnerton have demanded that City of Cape Town urgently provide them with basic services such as flush […]
Refuse collectors demand better working conditions
A month-long strike by Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality’s (NMBM) refuse collectors was called off last week after the striking workers felt that their employer had roped in […]
“Taxi industry is no longer lucrative”
When they took to the streets on the 15th of June 2017, marching against SA Taxi Finance, they brought the country’s economic hub to a […]
Thousands march to the Union Building
South African march to the Union Buildings calling for President Zuma to step down.
Home Affairs sued over sex description
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), supported by Gender Dynamix, has launched a lawsuit in the Western Cape High Court, demanding that Home Affairs allows married […]
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