Films on disability, load shedding and black hair awarded at Khayelitsha festival
Local film festival recognises local talent.
Media workers in Cameroon face rising, violent repression; the murder of journalists is Exhibit A
In 2019, Paul Chouta was held for two years at the Kondengui Central Prison in the Cameroonian capital of Yaounde, a maximum-security prison notorious for […]
Corruption of Cape Town’s housing waiting list being investigated
The Housing Assembly is taking on a campaign for an alternative and public housing waiting list.
Bertha Movie House in Khayelitsha to host 3 day film festival
The three-day festival is about showcasing local stories and talent.
Lili accuses the State Security Agency of ‘sleeping on the job’
Speakers at the memorial service of slain politician and businessman, Loyiso Nkohla, urged the communities to continue with the struggle. Nkohla joined the ANC in 2004, the DA in 2016, and the Land Party and Patriotic Alliance since then.
Nyanga commuters happy with resumption of train services
The partial re-opening of the central line in Cape Town has brought a collective sigh of relief from commuters.
Dilapidated schools impair teaching and learning in the Eastern Cape
According to the department of education in the Eastern Cape, the improvement of facilities at almost half of the schools in the province is delayed while about a fifth have no electricity.
Jagersfontein seven months after mine dam collapse
Due to desperation, the Jagersfontein community is now divided with each side accusing the other of collaborating with the mine bosses and the police they accuse of being in the bosses’ pockets.
The decades-long legal struggle of Taiwanese electronics workers
In the late 1960s, the authoritarian government of Chiang Kai-shek invited the US firm Radio Corporation of America (RCA) to transfer part of its television […]
Women’s cooperatives overcome water wars and climate drought in Rojava
Ever since devastating twin earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria on the night of 5-6 February killing over 50,000 people and displacing millions, the world’s attention […]
Costs of basic necessities going up and up
The author argues that government is failing to respond to the lived reality of communities by increasing the amount of the ‘Covid’ grant given to the poorest and making it more accessible.
Strike at Makro to spread to other Walmart-owned stores
The retail company has been attacking members of the union, suspending and dismissing hundreds of workers for participating in pickets and the strike.
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