Xenophobia intensifies in South Africa as anti-immigrant groups protest in major cities and towns
The 30th of June deadline for ‘all illegal immigrants to leave the country’, declared by March and March leaders, was...
Elitsha
Published in Elitsha, a bi-monthly newspaper distributed in Alexandra and Orange Farm in Gauteng, Khayelitsha in Western Cape, Mdantsane and Zwide in Eastern Cape
Abahambe stomps on our shared African history
There is something deeply painful about hearing African people shout “Abahambe” at other African people. It sounds like anger. It...
Labour federations reject migrant scapegoating, demand economic reform
Organised labour has condemned the attacks on African migrants around the country by groups like March and March, Operation Dudula...
Farmworkers reject PIE amendments
Farmworkers, small-scale farmers, and residents of informal settlements in the Boland region of the Western Cape joined urban land organisations...
‘We reject the scapegoating of migrants’: Vavi joins march against PIE amendments
Housing rights activists, community organisations, legal advocates and trade unionists gathered at the Gauteng provincial legislature on Friday to oppose...
Government defends DA-drafted PIE bill at public hearing
The public hearings on the proposed amendments to the Prevention of Illegal Eviction and Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE)...
Western Cape Health Department announces rollout of ‘breakthrough’ HIV prevention drug
“This is not a vaccine. It is antiretroviral-based prevention. The quest for a vaccine is ongoing, even in this province....
Nestlé workers on strike for equal work, equal pay
More than 300 workers at Nestlé’s kuGompo City plant have been on a protected strike since Friday, against what they...
New Limpopo clinic remains shut without running water
What was meant to be a two-week closure for routine maintenance at Magwedzha Clinic in Dumasi village, outside of Thohoyandou,...
SACP’s Conference of the Left professes unity as MKP embraces the xenophobic Right
The Conference of the Left, convened by the South African Communist Party (SACP) this weekend, has called for renewed effort...
