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Month: Jul 2019

South Africa’s healthcare system can’t afford to ignore migration

31st Jul 2019 Sasha Frade Jo Vearey Stephen Tollman 0

Reflecting global trends, most migration in South Africa is internal – people moving between the country’s different provinces. South Africa is also home to a […]

Retraining and upskilling: solutions for the future of (human) work?

30th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

In three years’ time, 42 per cent of task hours will be performed by machines or algorithms and humans will take care of the remaining […]

Report confirms services in Marikana are temporary

29th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi Anathi Mlonyeni Sinethemba Mbewana 0

According to the report, basic services in Marikana are temporary, “anonymous and dehumanising”.

UNTU strikes for government to ‘fix the trains’

26th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

UNTU which is the majority union at Prasa wants the rail agency to be integrated with Transnet.

As young Croatians head west, employers are looking to foreign and retired workers to tackle labour shortages

25th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

Wine is a family business for Toni Katunar. His family has been producing wine for decades, and their 20,000 vines are located on the paradise […]

Detective services in the Western Cape ‘dire’

24th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

A report by the Community Safety department in the Western Cape finds that detectives are under-resourced, lack training and that their work is not guided by intelligence.

Sowing seeds of resistance: the fight for food sovereignty in Palestine

23rd Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

This article is accompanied by a mini-documentary. Click here to watch. Food sovereignty in Palestine is inextricably linked to the fight for self-determination. Land dispossession in […]

In the United States, ‘click workers’ are struggling to make ends meet

22nd Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

Evan Hutchinson lives connected to his computer, day and night. At 27 years old, this Houston-based film graduate is what is known as a ‘click […]

Army deployment delayed by ‘orientation process and paperwork’

20th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

The deployment of the army in Cape Flats townships invokes the states of emergency of the 1980s. It’s a different time, a different war.

In Burkina Faso, being transgender means living in the shadows

18th Jul 2019 Equal Times 0

Amidst roars of laughter, Naomi takes out her phone and shows us photos of herself, having fun with a friend, posing for the camera, both […]

Marikana residents say better lighting could curb crime in the area

16th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Marikana residents will continue without streets lights that could curb crime in the area as the City of Cape Town awaits the outcome of its appeal against a court order that it acquire the land from the private owner.

Cape CPFs divided on army deployment

16th Jul 2019 Mzi Velapi 0

Members of the South African National Defence Force were expected to be deployed in gang and crime ridden areas of Cape Town on Friday.

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