Where Young People Stay In South Africa – StatsSA
South Africa’s population has hit 58.78 million people, according to the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) 2019 mid-year population estimates (MYPE) report released on...
Marikana Miners: We Still Want The R12,500 Our Brothers Died For...
On Wednesday, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and mineworkers gathered at the Marikana Koppie to commemorate the 34 miners...
#TheBudgetSpeech: Ongoing Clover workers’ strike
In the build-up to the 2022 Budget Speech, various sectors of society are calling for a more engaged budget process. The government themselves have...
DUT strike: the unions stand firm on the 10% wage increase...
The management of the Durban University of Technology (DUT) and the executive council has called on trade unions to meet and negotiate earnestly. This...
Joburg’s New Gold: Women In The Inner-City
The discovery of gold in 1886 saw Johannesburg as a city laced with promise. While this precious resource has been mined away, the city...
UCT will not be shut down on Wednesday morning
Plans to shut down the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday have been delayed in order to comply with labour laws. The South...
Marxist Scholar Harold Wolpe’s Ideas Still Speak To South Africa’s Problems
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During the apartheid period in South Africa – 1948 to 1994 – a lively intellectual culture of opposition emerged on some of the country’s...
Reinforcing privilege – The tale of social capital
Graduation ceremonies are meant to mark the start of a new chapter where degrees equal opportunities. But entrenched structures of privilege mean that graduates...
Family and colleagues show solidarity with arrested Shoprite workers at court...
Seven of the eight Shoprite cashiers who were arrested in August for accepting tips appeared in the Wynberg Magistrates court on Wednesday under charges...
Here’s why we need to give zama-zamas mining permits
In August, informal miners marched on the department of mineral resources (DMR) in Pretoria to demand the legalisation of small-scale mining and a moratorium...
Here’s what you need to know about the Cosatu national strike
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) and the South African Communist Party (SACP) are readying for a national strike on Wednesday to...
Cosatu Marchers Call For Better Teaching Conditions
Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) members on strike have called on the president to address issues faced by the basic education sector,...
‘They think we are animals’: workers rally for #OutsourcingMustFall
Fikile Sibisi is a cleaner at a school, the only breadwinner for eight people, and the mother of an eight-month-old son. “I never had...
Wits Strike Ends – Workers satisfied with outcome
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa), National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) and other unions have been on strike...
UCT mass meeting: workers’ strike, interdict and possibility of shutdown
The University of Cape Town (UCT) has interdicted a South African Liberated Public Sector Workers Union (Salipswu) strike that was planned for Thursday morning....
Who Is Really To Blame For SA’s Jobs Crisis?
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President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent admission that South Africa is facing punishing job losses is in direct contradiction with the promises he made...
Problems Persist For Gauteng Nursing Students
In January, nursing colleges in Gauteng made headlines when it emerged that there would be no intake of first-year bursary students because the department...
Now there’s a crowdfunder to help the Shoprite 8
A crowdfunding initiative has been started for the eight women who were fired by Shoprite, allegedly for accepting tips.
The women, most of whom are...
Palestinian Solidarity Alliance: Plight of striking Clover workers and that of...
The campaign against MILCO/CBC, the Israeli consortium that owns Clover, has intensified in recent weeks. Workers have been on strike against the company since...
Uber SA runs into the ‘worker vs innovation’ tension
The controversial business models of tech and app-based companies like Uber render employee protection legislation moot, despite the backlash it faces in courts worldwide....
