SOUTH AFRICA
The demands of the nationwide general strike led by SAFTU on Wednesday: “Workers in particular are campaigning against a ferocious declaration of war by the ruling class of white monopoly capitalists, who are trying to get Parliament to pass new laws, which will entrench poverty and threaten workers’ constitutional right to withdraw their labour.” saftu.org.za/
Total Shutdown Looms
About 200 people from mining communities across the country picketed outside the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday in support of the Right To Say No to Mining Campaign. groundup.org.za/
The Amadiba Crisis Committee was formed in 2007 by five villages on the Wild Coast to fight open cast mining on their land. It is in this area that the Pondo Revolt started in 1959 when It took three years of bloodshed before the apartheid government gave up plans for land grabbing via ‘betterment schemes’. aidc.org.za/
Evictions are a common occurrence in South African cities, informal settlements and townships. What does the law say about evictions? groundup.org.za/
Winners of the world’s leading environmental award faced down Vladimir Putin and Jacob Zuma, to overturn a multibillion-dollar nuclear deal. theguardian.com/
Residents of Sobantu in Pietermaritzburg barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks and stopped drivers entering or leaving the township. The protests are over housing and crumbling infrastructure. groundup.org.za/ |
