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Inequalities and poverty

Is Social Development in the EC concealing the numbers of children dying of hunger?

15th Aug 2022 Johnnie Isaac 0

The South African Human Right Commission in the Eastern Cape hears of child malnutrition in the province.

Cape Town march against electricity hikes

31st Mar 2022 Nobathembu Ndzengu 0

The 9,6 percent tariff for those who get electricity from Eskom and the 8,6 percent for those who get it from the City of Cape Town will come into effect as from 1 April.

Alex radio station trashed and looted

14th Jul 2021 Ramatamo Sehoai 0

Small businesses have been decimated and food and energy security is in peril as civil unrest and looting continues in KZN and Gauteng.

In the fallout from COVID-19, Latin America risks losing its remittance lifeline

29th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

Under normal circumstances, Isaac Cubillan would have stayed home, a place he describes as having everything: beaches, beautiful landscapes and delicious food. But, one of […]

Informal work during the pandemic: when essential activities are the most precarious

18th Jun 2020 Equal Times 0

According to the International Labour Organisation (ILO), two billion people – more than 61 per cent of the world’s employed population – work in the […]

Can the EU’s COVID recovery formula save Europe’s workers from poverty?

26th May 2020 Equal Times 0

Millions of people have already lost their jobs as hundreds of thousands of shops, offices, restaurants, cafés and businesses throughout the world have had to […]

Can humanity rise to the challenge of finding just solutions to the threat of coastal erosion?

5th Dec 2019 Equal Times 0

How long will the fight last? Water is eroding land all over the world, threatening people’s lives and livelihoods, especially those living along the coastline. […]

Patriarchy’s counteroffensive: meet the international anti-feminism lobby

4th Dec 2019 Equal Times 0

In August 2018, Argentina’s Senate rejected a bill to decriminalise abortion. Two months earlier, amid a historic gathering of the feminist movement on the streets, […]

Two years on, Grenfell survivors are still waiting for justice

14th Jun 2019 Equal Times 0

When flames engulfed the Grenfell Tower in west London in the early hours of 14 June 2017, and voices screamed out in terror, few could […]

How portrayal of protest in South Africa denigrates poor people

18th Apr 2019 Steven Friedman 0

Poor people in South Africa often feel that the only way they can be heard is to protest. The past few days have shown that not […]

Transition is a given, but what can trade unions in the Global South do to ensure that it’s just?

5th Dec 2018 Equal Times 0

The 24th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) begins in Katowice, Poland in a […]

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