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Month: May 2021

Swaziland United Democratic Front condemns police brutality

28th May 2021 Elitsha reporter 0

Not only are police accused of killing a student, they fired teargas and live ammunition to disperse his memorial service.

A new Chile in the making and the rise of the non-traditional left

27th May 2021 Jeremy Daphne Lorena Carrasco Nunez 0

As a result of the uprising, Chileans voted on the 15th and 16th of May 2021 for a 155-seat constitutional assembly to forge a new constitution, along with electing governors, mayors and councillors across the country – with dramatic outcomes.

Surviving lockdown as migrants living in SA

25th May 2021 Joseph Chirume 0

On Africa Day, migrants from the other parts of the continent based in South Africa talk about the hardships they continue to endure under Covid-19 and the lockdown.

Elderly people unsure about vaccination registration

12th May 2021 Nkosemntu Stuurman 0

To register the technologically illiterate among the elderly on the system, the health department is calling on the services of community health workers.

Justice delayed again for assaulted farmworker

10th May 2021 Nkosemntu Stuurman 0

Violence on South African farms is endemic and farmworkers all too commonly are the victims.

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.

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