UCT student suspended
Chumani Maxwele, a UCT student who threw human excrement onto the statue of Cecil John Rhodes in March this year that sparked a series of […]
Soweto residents take to the streets
Soweto residents took to the streets against the installation of smart electricity meters into their houses. They are calling for a flat rate of R400 […]
Gangsterism and violence in Orange Farm schools
Most grade 8 learners are kidnapped and taken to initiation schools without their parents’ concern
The high cost of playing amateur soccer
Amateur soccer teams in the township of Khayelitsha are forking out a lot of money to play their games. The area has three soccer leagues; […]
Bedridden 87-year old and eight siblings share one mud room
The home of the Ndlovu family in Azalea, Pietermaritzburg, was demolished five years ago. This was part of a project by Msunduzi Municipality to replace […]
“Sometimes I only manage to make R10 a day just to put bread on the table” – 17 year old boy
When you’re 14 years old, your parents normally take care of you. But Sivuyile Sibhozo from Site C Taiwan Informal Settlement in Khayelitsha has been […]
Xenophobia – The Informal Traders perspective
It is not xenophobia, it’s an ideological struggle, it’s a socio-economic struggle, unfortunately the African migrants have been used as scapegoats in the process.
After middle-class moralising ends, xenophobia requires a root-cause critique
Media adverts, marches, speeches and campaigning generally missed the point: a layer of barely-surviving young men were the main attackers and had long lost patience.
Important new rights for labour broker, contract and part-time workers
New rights in the LRA The state has made new rights for labour broker, contract and part-time workers. Workers now have better legal protection because […]
Operation Fiela extends to the Eastern Cape
A massive joint operation by Home Affairs, South African Defence Forces (SANDF), South African Police services (SAPS), Customs Services, SA Revenue Services and the Traffic […]
Civil society groups condemn “Operation Fiela”
Operation Fiela meant another violent attack within a month on African migrants and refugees.
A South African in Palestine
I recently had the opportunity to participate in an ecumenical programme, which entailed spending a period of 3 months in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT’s) […]
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