Radio documentary on the Marikana Massacre
On Thursday 16th August 2012, the state and its heavily armed police force, under pressure from the mine bosses, government officials and the NUM leadership, […]
Memorial service held for victims of the Strand mass shooting
The Strand community held a memorial service for the 10 victims that were killed at a shisanyama last weekend.
Make the wealthy pay: AIDC lays out alternative to austerity
Progressive tax reforms targeting wealth, dividends and corporate profits could raise billions of rands.
Limpopo district hospital ‘filthy’, ‘broken’ and leaderless
Nkhensani Hospital has not had a permanent CEO in 10 years.
Who controls the food system controls the future
Corporate control over the food system has to be challenged to end widespread hunger.
Cosatu congress adjourned after credential dispute exposes tensions
Cosatu denies division within the federation while four affiliates cancel separate media briefing.
Free speech is not freedom from facts
SAFM ordered to apologise for allowing March and March leader to lie on air.
‘Like ICE’: Western Cape police accused of unlawfully detaining foreign migrants
Anti xenophobia activists call for the release of foreign migrants who have been detained since June.
Marikana’s wounds still bleed 14 years after police massacre
State violence and the quest for humanity link Marikana in 2012 to the 1976 youth uprising.
Public land for the public good: Tafelberg ruling puts Cape Town on notice
The Public Protector’s findings and the Constitutional Court ruling indict a city that has forgotten half of its residents.
South Africans protest against xenophobia
#operationubuntu calls for an end to xenophobic violence by vigilante groups and the government.
An open letter to the Acting Minister of Police, Firoz Cachalia:
KAAX calls for consistent policing of xenophobic violence.
The ethnic cleansing of African migrants from Riebeek Kasteel
African immigrants in small farming towns of the Western Cape have fled their homes.
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