UN envoy says workers and consumers can help end the genocide in Gaza
The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Palestine, Francesca Albanese, has urged South Africans to use their consumer power to intensify...
Martin Jansen
Where food is a right and good nutrition a luxury, millions in SA are stunted
International law recognises every human being’s right to adequate food. Our own constitution states that “everyone has the right to...
The future of mining is a marriage of toxic legacies: The Anglo American-Teck merger
One story dominated the Joburg Mining Indaba earlier this month: the proposed merger between Anglo American and Canada’s Teck Resources,...
South Africa’s war on social justice defenders: The assassination of Shawn ‘Paps’ Lethoko
When Shawn “Paps” Lethoko was shot dead in Stilfontein on 14 October 2025, it was not an isolated tragedy, it...
Food protests in Joburg and Cape Town
Union Against Hunger marked World Food Day by marching to Shoprite in Centurion, Gauteng, and to the Cape Town International...
Cape taxi sector deploys peace ambassadors
Taxi associations in Cape Town led by the South African National Taxi Council (Santaco), in partnership with the Western Cape...
Serial killings of young women in Vhembe villages
Vhembe district in the far north of Limpopo province has in recent weeks been jarred by the abduction and cruel...
Bridging scholarship and struggle: International land conference at UWC calls for alternative property rights
Land activists and scholars have called for unity and better strategies to fight against market-driven property rights. The call was...
From Snake Park to Mogalakwena: Communities expose mining’s human toll
The Bench Marks Foundation (BMF) held its annual conference, under the theme, ‘(Un)just Transitions: Rethinking Mining’, earlier this week in...
14 classrooms for 2,000 learners at Limpopo school as department delays construction
For more than a decade now, Elim High School in Limpopo has been pleading with the provincial department of education...
