Disconnect Between Business And State Contributed To Marikana Massacre
COMMENT
The Marikana massacre, in which 34 striking mineworkers were shot dead by police on 16 August 2012, was a tragic and historic event in...
Your work communication may not be as private as you think
Earlier this week, four First National Bank (FNB) employees were fired by the bank for "political talk and using insulting language" after they made...
NDZ’s Radical Economic Transformation vs CR17’s New Deal: a summary
The two front-runners for incoming president of the African National Congress, Cyril Ramaphosa (CR17) and Nkosazana-Dlamini Zuma (NDZ), have outlined their policy positions should...
AFCON: Morals Matter In African Football
Cameroon has been withdrawn as hosts of the 2019 African Cup of Nations due to delays with security and preparation concerns. The new hosts...
LGE 2021: A vote of no confidence (statement from Cry of...
The 2021 Local Government Election results send a clear message to the country’s ruling elite: South Africa’s Xcluded have lost confidence in the electoral...
Open letter to Pravin Gordhan urges him to take responsibility in...
In an open letter to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan, head of department of anthropology at Wits, Dr Kelly Gillespie, expressed her disappointment that Gordhan...
Anti-migrant Sentiment Fuelling Durban Evictions, Abahlali Claim
Abahlali baseMjondolo on Monday returned to the Durban High Court to apply for another court interdict against eThekwini Municipality. This was following the city's...
Mashaba points finger at civil society: #JhbFire “was bound to happen”
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has once again shown anti-poor sentiment, this time in the wake of the devastating fire at the Cape York building...
“Conspiracy Of Silence” Happening Around The Rohingya Muslims
After last year's condemnation around the violence which was being committed against the Rohingya Muslims, the world seems to have gone silent once more...
Case Against Total Shutdown GP Canned By Police Top Brass
UPDATE: In a media statement issued by the office of the National Commissioner of the South African Police Service, on Monday afternoon, National Commissioner...
How Economic Crimes Occur In South Africa
The People's Tribunal on Economic Crime in South Africa took place at Constitution Hill in Johannesburg this past week. Social activist and lecturer Khaya...
Ahmed Timol inquest reveals torture and murder cover-ups by apartheid police
The second sitting of the inquest into apartheid activist Ahmed Timol's death began at the Pretoria high court on Monday. Witnesses have begun testifying...
The Law Behind The Marievale Evictions: SANDF Was Never Deployed
With the residents of Marievale appearing in the Pretoria High Court on Wednesday, 9 May to have their housing rights protected, TIM FISH HODGSON...
Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir Deposed: What Next?
EXPLAINER
After almost 30 years in power, Sudan’s Omar Al-Bashir was ousted and arrested by the army on April 11. This came after about five...
SA: Call For Young Women To Mobilise On Freedom Day
When we gather in elitist spaces as social justice activists in the fight against patriarchy and gender based violence, capitalism and race, with the...
USAf CEO: the new funding system for higher education is a...
President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free education does not mean that South African tertiary students have free education, but it does make education more...
Jacob Zuma, The President Who “Did Nothing Wrong”
We thought this day would never come - Jacob Zuma has finally taken the L and resigned as the president of South Africa. Zuma...
SA Students: “Grant FMF Activists Blanket Amnesty”
It's been almost a year since then-president Jacob Zuma announced free tertiary education, legitimising the call of South African students. However, a number of...
#CosatuStrike: ‘Zuma must step down because he is clearly captured’
South Africans have not given up on the struggle against corruption and state capture. Thousands of members of the Congress of South African Trade...
These Young Activists Are Working For Safer Schools
Lays dos Santos (18) has to leave home in the early parts of the morning to go to school or work every day. Travelling...
