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    Domestic Workers Can Now Claim For Occupational Injuries

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    Maria Mahlangu had worked for the De Clerq family as a domestic worker for 22 years when she drowned in her employer’s pool. As...

    UCT mass meeting: workers’ strike, interdict and possibility of shutdown

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    The University of Cape Town (UCT) has interdicted a South African Liberated Public Sector Workers Union (Salipswu) strike that was planned for Thursday morning....

    Problems Persist For Gauteng Nursing Students

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    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...

    Four years on, we #RememberMarikana

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    Four years later and there is still no justice for the fallen miners of Marikana. As we remember, tributes have flooded in on social...

    Why SA’s Renewable Energy Project Is Still On The Rocks

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    In early March, the new minister of energy Jeff Radebe announced that 27 independent renewable energy power projects would be signed by the state...

    Solar plant outside Cape Town is one step towards carbon reduction...

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    The city of Cape Town (COCT) plans to go off-grid by no longer being on Eskom’s electrical grid. One solar plant at a time,...

    ‘They think we are animals’: workers rally for #OutsourcingMustFall

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    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...

    “Under Capitalism, No Black Person Ever Dies By ‘Natural Causes’”

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    COMMENT Whether we are aware of it or not, we see Black people as living synonymous with labour, especially through a white gaze in this...

    PART TWO: Zero Interest in net-zero, Atlantis community members say

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    The construction of a solar plant in Atlantis is one of the City of Cape Town’s (COCT) many projects to depend less on our...

    Where Young People Stay In South Africa – StatsSA

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    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...

    Why Numsa and NUM Hate The New Independent Power Producers Deal

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    On Wednesday, energy minister Jeff Radebe signed a R55.92 billion contract with 27 independent renewable energy power producers which is set to produce more...

    Uber SA runs into the ‘worker vs innovation’ tension

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    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....

    South Point workers to strike until demands are met

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    Since September 1, South Point staff have been on strike. Workers are demanding that the student accommodation company meet their demands before they return...

    UCT will not be shut down on Wednesday morning

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    Plans to shut down the University of Cape Town (UCT) on Wednesday have been delayed in order to comply with labour laws. The South...

    Here’s why we need to give zama-zamas mining permits

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    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...

    Racism, Exploitation Accusations Levelled At Durban Market Agents

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    Transgression, racism and exploitation are the given reasons for an uproar at the Durban Fresh Produce Market. Workers under Delta Market Agents embarked on...

    Marikana Miners: We Still Want The R12,500 Our Brothers Died For...

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    On Wednesday, members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) and mineworkers gathered at the Marikana Koppie to commemorate the 34 miners...

    Capitalism Realised, Not Idealised

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    COMMENT In an article written for Rapport titled “Our Problem? Too little rather than too much capitalism” Professor Johan Fourie, an economics professor at Stellenbosch...

    Cosatu Marchers Call For Better Teaching Conditions

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    Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) members on strike have called on the president to address issues faced by the basic education sector,...

    The Butchers Of Marikana Won

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    COMMENT What to make of the fact that the people who set the Marikana massacre in motion now sit in South Africa’s halls of power?...