Electricity tariff hikes ‘unsustainable’
Nersa-approved electricity charges are taking food and clothing out of household budgets.
Privatisation
Communities demand an end to loadshedding
About 500 residents of Cape Town held a speak-out a few metres away from the Cape Town city hall where the president was delivering the state of the nation address.
Activists and union members march for Basic Income Grant
The Cry of the Xcluded demand a basic income grant of R1,500 which they say will meet the immediate needs of the unemployed.
In a time of global crises, waste workers are our unsung heroes
If the global fight against Covid-19 made one thing clear, it is society’s complete dependency on essential workers, and the risks involved in these professions. […]
Mass protests in Latin America against the neoliberal model
“It’s not 30 pesos: it’s 30 years.” This slogan, one of the most frequently used in the mass protests in Chile, explains in seven words […]
Arrest of ZCTU leaders highlights continued repression of trade unions in Zimbabwe
On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President Peter […]
Brazil’s public universities are in crisis
It’s the night of 2 September 2018 and Brazil’s National Museum is burning. Jean-François Evran, professor of anthropology at the Federal University of Rio de […]
Gold war in Colombia: traditional miners against the state
Luz Dary has spent more than half of her life in the mine. This 47-year-old Colombian woman is a chatarrera, a scrap collector: she toils […]
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