Marikana Widows Shed Tears in Women’s Month
By Gillian Schutte: Picture credit: Women were left carrying the burden in Marikana, courtesy Gillian Schutte
This women’s month marks two years since the Marikana massacre. The widows of the workers killed by the South African Police Service in 2012 have since
South African Economy Highly Monopolised.
By: David Van Wyk
Modern South Africa started off in 1652 as the product of a mercantile monopoly company, the Dutch East India Company which landed at the Cape to establish a
If You can Feed a Dog, Surely, You can Feed a Child
By: Selogadi Ngwanangwato Mampane
The South African charity Feed a Child, recently produced an advertisement juxtaposing the issues of food insecurity many South African children face, with the
Platinum Belt Miners Celebrate Victory
Text by: Gillian Schutte (Media for Justice)
Films by: Sipho SIngiswa (Media for Justice)
The stadium in Phokeng outside Rustenberg exploded in jubilation when the end of the longest strike in South African history was announced on June 23
A Political Overview of the Current Situation – Some questions for the left in South Africa
By: David Van Wyk
2014 was born in class struggle. Mineworkers on the Platinum Belt immediately resumed the struggle for a living wage. This struggle is now in its third year.
Government Sponsored houses at the centre of fraud and corruption in West bank – Western Cape
Report by citizen journalist: Luthando Vikilahle
A community near Cape Town is shocked and in despair after discovering that many of its members are being evicted from houses they had purchased a few years back.
“South Africa is Burning.”
By: Gillian Schutte
‘The country is burning’. ‘ Burning frustration.’ ‘Hot Headed protestors burn houses’. These are the headlines that abound about the many protests that are currently erupting around South Africa.