Why giving South Africa’s chiefs more power adds to land dispossession
Power over rural land has become more and more concentrated in the hands of local chiefs in post-apartheid South Africa. This is particularly so in […]
“The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants” “The Gulf is no longer a dream land for Asian migrants”
In 2015, Mohammed Arshad, 28, migrated to Saudi Arabia from Chittagong in Bangladesh with high hopes. He had plans to build a decent house, take […]
SAFTU wants to reverse the signed public sector agreement
SAFTU has condemned the 3-year wage agreement that has been signed by Cosatu affliates in the public sector.
Illegal logging and poverty fuel local tensions in southern Senegal
In the early hours of 6 April 2018 Mustapha Gueye awoke to the buzz of a chainsaw outside his home in Sam Yero Gueye, a […]
Work, fight, protect: around the world in workers’ rights in 2018
Every year for the last five years the Global Rights Index has catalogued violations of freedom of expression, freedom of association and the right to […]
Schools the target of armed robbers in the Western Cape
School security remains one of the biggest problems in the Western Cape. Four primary schools were robbed at gunpoint during the month of May. The Western Cape Education Department has put up R10,000 reward for information leading to the arrests ,of culprits. School principals and Equal Education believe the reward does not address the problem of school safety.
Evicted families forced to endure cold and wet weather
A property investments has failed to find alternative accomodation for evicted Steenvilla residents exposing them to cold and wet weather over the weekend in Cape Town.
Zimbabwe teachers’ unions divided over government offer
Even though they are divided over a 17,5% salary increase, trade unions representing teachers in Zimbabwe argue that class sizes, institutional accommodation for teachers as well as professionalization of teaching are still challenges facing education in Zimbabwe.
Mass evictions from social housing complex
About 30 families in Steenberg were evicted from their homes in Steenvilla complex on Wednesday. Steenvilla is the largest social housing complex in Cape Town with over 700 units.
Gender-based violence on the rise in the Western Cape
In a meeting with various organisations the Commission for Gender Equality revealed that incest, parents forcing children into marriage, female farm workers sleeping with male supervisors to secure work, and child trafficking for sex work is rife in the Western Cape.
Heavily armed men kill a patient at Alexandra clinic
The safety of patients and health workers at the Alexandra Community Health Centre has been suddenly thrown into doubt following the fatal stabbing of a patient there almost two weeks ago.
From open conflict to open-air gallery: can street art help heal Mostar?
This year marks the seventh edition of the Mostar Street Arts Festival which is running across Bosnia’s fifth largest city until 21 June. Bosnia and […]
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