Zama zamas need state protection, not persecution
Artisanal mineworkers call for regulation of the industry to deal with criminality.
Lilita Gcwabe
R284-million in Broken Promises: New report reveals widespread corruption and abuse of mining community funds
The audit of mines found widespread failure by mines to honour social and environmental obligations.
Ending the blesser-blessee exchange: A psychologist’s approach
Poverty is at the centre of transactional sexual relationships with older men.
Rage over rape of seven-year-old ‘Cwecwe’ in Matatiele
Parliament’s education committee plans to visit the alleged scene of the crime at Bergview College in the coming weeks.
Cosatu launches one-stop-shop call centre for all workers
Cosatu is expanding a call centre it created during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Doctors, nurses and paramedics protest their unemployment
Unemployed health professionals want increased funding for public healthcare and the implementation of the National Health Insurance plan.
Monumental judgement widens access to SRD grant
The court ruled in favour of millions of South Africans who are not receiving the SRD grant.
In pictures – Mining affected communities march to DMPR
‘Nothing about us without us!’ protesters demand of the mining industry.
Court reserves judgement on opening access to the SRD grant
The exclusion of millions of South Africans from receiving the SRD grant is being tested in court.
For domestic workers, women’s month marks their ongoing struggle
Domestic workers are still fighting from the margins of unregulated labour where slave-like servitude persists and goes unreported.
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