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Provincial Premier, David Makhura, announced at the Cosatu strike on Wednesday, that the Gauteng government would ban labour brokers by the end of the year. What Mr. Makhura failed to mention was that his government has no choice but to ban labour brokers, because NUMSA has been instrumental in ensuring that the labour law strengthens the rights of all contract and temporary workers. numsa.org.za/
The Western Cape High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Promotion of Access to Information Act has to be amended so that political parties can be compelled to disclose their sources of private funding. polity.org.za/
Year after year, the Access to Information Network’s Shadow Report on the state of access to information in South Africa has demonstrated poor levels of compliance with the PAIA, (2000) by government, state-owned entities and private companies. Today the Access to Information Network releases its annual Shadow report for 2017, again showing that compliance levels with PAIA remain dismal. r2k.org.za/
Durban has reported that the number of households living in informal dwellings in the city has remained stubbornly high at 317,613. One third of eThekwini’s 3.5 million residents live in shacks. theconversation.com/
A total of R30bn lies unclaimed from the pension and provident funds of former miners who worked under apartheid but never received their money. businesslive.co.za/
Four thousand Eastern Cape ex-miners or their families today stand a chance to claim their share of R40-billion worth of benefits that was left unclaimed for decades.dispatchlive.co.za/
Do you know how much Shoprite cashiers earn monthly? It’s R2400. Some customers, who know this or out of generosity, give tips to the cashiers. Today, seven Shoprite cashiers who were arrested for taking tips, appeared in court. Koketso Sachane talks to Shaheed Mohamed, Secretary of the Workers International Vanguard Party. omny.fm/shows/the-koketso-sachane-show/shoprite-cashiers-appear-in-court |
The neoliberal, arch-capitalist era we inhabit is chock-full of statistics and stories that ought to send chills down the spines of any caring, morally sentient human. The gross injustices of the American dream. 
Despite Google’s insistence that its search algorithm undergoes a rigorous testing process to ensure that its results do not reflect political, gender, racial or ethnic bias, there is growing political support for regulating Google and other tech giants like public utilities and forcing it to disclose how exactly its arrives at search results. 
The Edu-tech Revolution has begun. At this very moment new computer games and education software are being developed to teach children one-to-one via computers. Following on the success of the hi-tech gaming industry, the goal is to use technology to transform schooling. 
