Radio feature on women in trade unions in Africa
A radio feature on women’s participation and influence in trade unions on the continent. Produced by WWMP in 2014.
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 […]
Careworkers demand better working conditions
Care workers are classified by their employers as volunteers and not employees. As such, the proposed minimum wage does not cover them. They get paid less than R2,000 a month. If they fall pregnant, women are forced to quit their jobs or take unpaid leave.
Evictions in central Joburg leave families stranded
The gentrification that is taking place in central Johannesburg has left families evicted from Fattis Mansions last month, stranded in tents set up in a stadium south of the city. In what is effectively a refugee camp, the living conditions are bad. The Mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba from the Democratic Alliance, is an advocate for gentrification of the inner city, not the rights of the people living there.
Radio feature on the widows of Marikana
This radio feature looks at how the Marikana widows are surviving and the promises that were made to them. It was produced by Workers’ World Media Productions in 2014, two years after the massacre.
Shoprite charges 7 contract workers with theft for accepting tips
Chantay Potts said they were handcuffed in front of staff and customers. “We were handcuffed and were made to stand for 4 hours,” said Potts. The 19-year-old mother of one said they are accused of theft because they took tips from customers.
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, […]
Massacre at Marikana: Union leaders caught between a rock and a hard place
It has been five years since the Marikana Massacre which saw 34 miners dying at the hands of the South African Police Services after they went on a strike calling for a wage demand of R12,500 amongst other things. At the time of massacre Workers’ World Media Productions Director, Martin Jansen penned this piece and we thought we should re-publish it here since justice is still begging.
Ten mobile classes delivered in Dedeni Primary school
Ululations, clapping of hands and dancing occurred at Dedeni Primary school in Lusikisiki, north of Port St Johns, when the Eastern Cape Department of Education delivered 10 mobile classes and toilets early this month.
Schools threaten children of foreign nationals with expulsion
Several foreign nationals staying in Kraaifontein are not sure whether their children will continue learning after they received warnings from schools that they should get refugee permits even when born in South Africa.
Indonesia: global trade unions and NGOs back PepsiCo-linked palm oil workers in their fight for labour rights
Research into palm oil plantations in Indonesia reveals that workers and their families are paid illegally low wages, are exposed to dangerous pesticides and face […]
Political parties march for and against #NoConfidence – photos
On Tuesday, 8 August opposition parties marched to Parliament calling on parliamentarians to vote Zuma out. In a day that was expected to be marred […]
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