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Zimbabwe workers earning 12% of family basket

15th Oct 2020 Christopher Mahove 0

Food prices have gone up in Zimbabwe whilst the minimum wage has remained stagnant.

Centane village without water for 6 years

14th Oct 2020 Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 0

Nombanjana’s taps have been dry since 2014 but the villagers received no emergency relief during the covid-19 lockdown. When leaders protested to the Amathola District Municipality, they were arrested.

Janhavi Dave: “We need to empower home-based workers by investing in more co-operatives. Unity builds strength and resilience”

27th Jul 2020 Equal Times 0

South Asia is home to over 50 million home-based workers, most of whom are women. From agarbhatti incense stick rollers in India to piecework garment workers in Sri […]

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 […]

Emboldened by the state, Brazil’s militias are operating with increasing impunity

2nd Sep 2019 Equal Times 0

In March 2018, news of the assassination of Marielle Franco reverberated around the world. As the first black, queer woman from a favela to be elected to […]

Freedom Day in South Africa – a reminder of unfinished business

25th Apr 2019 Henning Melber 0

South Africans celebrate Freedom Day on April 27 every year to mark the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. A quarter of a century later, though, questions […]

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 […]

DMR and pension fund administrators come to Khayelitsha to trace unpaid beneficiaries

27th Nov 2018 Mzi Velapi 0

Ex-mineworkers in Cape Town are cautiously optimistic about getting monies owed to them by mining companies.

South Africa is set on fixing its economy. But will poor people benefit?

12th Nov 2018 Danny Bradlow 0

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been working hard to improve South Africa’s economic situation. In October he hosted a jobs summit that’s expected to produce 275 […]

Colombia is the deadliest country for human rights defenders, with one activist killed every three days since the 2016 peace agreement

18th Oct 2018 Equal Times 0

The assassination of human rights defenders is a plague that has been spreading in recent years. Latin America is the worst affected: 85 per cent […]

As Kerala succumbs to the sea, the Indian government ramps up coastal construction

8th Oct 2018 Equal Times 0

Between June and August this year, the southern Indian state of Kerala experienced the heaviest rainfall it had seen in over a century. More than […]

They survived hell, now reluctant returnees help tackle Gambia’s migrant problem

17th Sep 2018 Equal Times 0

Despite an arduous journey through known trafficking hotspots, Mustapha Sallah’s dream of a new life in Germany ended in Libya. “The day the police arrested […]

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