The Interview: Thapelo Mohapi on Abahlali baseMjondolo
Thapelo Mohapi, the former general secretary of Abahlali baseMjondolo, the shack dwellers movement spoke to us about their members who were in police custody....
The resistance to the River Club development, explained
In January 2022, the Goringhaicona Khoi Khoi Indigenous Traditional Council (GKKITC) and the Observatory Civic Association (OCA) were in court. They had sought an...
Court halts mining company’s bullying-tactic evictions in KZN
A mining company has been making an attempt to evict a community from its land in the northern KwaZulu-Natal town of Dannhauser and to...
The Green Party: Third Time Lucky?
The Green Party of South Africa has undergone a complete leadership change and is now back to contest the 2019 national Elections. Part of...
Hout Bay protests: Rubber bullets, burnt cars and tense streets
Dissatisfaction is growing among residents of Imizamo Yethu.
Marievale community pickets against SANDF outside Gauteng military bases
On Wednesday, advocacy organisation Right2Know (R2K) Gauteng picketed outside three military bases in Gauteng against the evictions of Marievale community members who have been...
Durban: Fresh Land Grabs In Cato Crest
Different areas in Durban have been sparked by land grabs over the last two weeks, with the most recent one being in Cato Crest,...
#NdloziAtUCT: eloquent on Fanon, basic on feminism
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) spokesperson aka The People’s Bae, Mbuyiseni Ndlozi gave a public lecture on post-colonial African liberation movements at the University of...
Politicking around identity: Afrikaans holds many truths and evils
Afrikaans is a controversial language. Borne out of Dutch ships passing and trading with the Khoi to slavery, it has come to hold many...
Rent Strike Planned For South Africa
South Africans are organising a rent strike in the wake of the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak.
In a statement on Facebook, Rent Strike South...
Where SA’s Top Political Parties Stand On Land
The conversation in South Africa is centred around land after the historic moment in parliament in March 2018 when the National Assembly passed a...
Gangs, Guns And Bullets: The Western Cape Is At War
The Cape Flats and Townships of the Western Cape are war zones. The release of the 2018/2019 SAPS crime statistics depicts an overall increase...
ESCR: SA Must Fulfil Its Human Rights Obligations For All South...
On Saturday the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR-Net) co-hosted a solidarity meeting with Abahlali baseMjondolo in partnership with Socio-Economic Rights...
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...
#MaritzburgCollege: ‘EFF protest’ didn’t contravene law banning party-political activities in schools...
*Editors' note: This story has been updated with a recent comment by Julius Malema
Ten times the Democratic Alliance was kak
Like most of us, I enjoy a good internet list. So there I was, reading about ten celebrity break-ups that broke us - but...
Imizamo Yethu residents complain of corruption, nepotism in rebuilding efforts
On Tuesday, members of the Imizamo Yethu community marched to the Cape Town mayor’s office in protest of the city’s super-blocking project, which they...
Maimane: Land Expropriation Fight Is Going To Court
The fight over the amendment of Section 25 of the Constitution will be taken to court, Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane said at the...
Marikana settlement residents in desperate need of help after fire
Residents at the Marikana informal settlement in Cato Crest, Durban are in desperate need of assistance after a fire destroyed several households.
A 38-year-old woman,...
Cato Manor Community Protests As Red Ants Destroy Shacks
The never ending battle between the eThekwini Municipality and shack dwellers in various informal settlements continues. The latest one comes after the Anti-Land Invasion...
