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.
Victims of witch-hunts in South Africa are ignored.
By: Damon Leff
A recent MWEB radio advert and the response from City Press demonstrated how human rights abuses resulting from accusations of witchcraft in South Africa are dismissed in favour of profit and misleading headlines. [0]
Kagiso Community Struggle against Australian Gold Mining Outfit – MINTAILS
Photo by Gillian Schutte: Mintails Mine put up a flimsy tape to prevent children from playing on uranium poisoned mine dumps.
Films by Sipho Singiswa.
An Activist’s Manifesto for 2014: Ten Social Justice Issues to Champion
By: Gillian Schutte
Pic: Media for Justice/Gillian Schutte
The fanfare at the beginning of a New Year is usually celebratory and full of hope. This celebration is a way for people to wipe the slate clean and begin anew.
A is for Apartheid – a response to Mike Van Graan
By Sabelo Kotswana
Pic: Wikipedia
I have to admit, when I read Mike van Graan’s article, I jumped into the list of items he mentioned. By the time I reached E, I was thoroughly confused, not by the contradictions and fallacies in Mike’s article,
The Ten layers of Oppression When You are Black and Poor in South Africa
By: Sipho Singiswa & Gillian Schutte:
Photo: Jared Sacks:
Oppression, when written about, is often reduced to one layer of suffering. Yet when one unpacks the lives and narratives of the poor it becomes clear that their struggle to survive takes place under many layers of oppression.