Lesufi’s Green Army face a jobless tomorrow
After receiving sad news last week that their contracts won’t be renewed, thousands of Expanded Public Work Programme (EPWP) workers...
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
Residents protest for EPWP cleaning jobs
Shack dwellers barricaded Baden Powell Drive in Khayelitsha this Wednesday with burning rubbish and tyres to demand employment as street...
Fetching water is daily pain for Vhembe women
Fetching water. That is how several women in water-starved rural villages in Vhembe, Limpopo spend most hours of their days,...
New Khayelitsha police station has no forensics capacity, computer or phone
Lieutenant colonel Linda Mangaliso, Makhaza police station commander, told Elitsha during a brief interview that the police station is short-staffed...
Climate crisis threatens basic human rights – report
A report released by Section27 on Wednesday has revealed that the April 2022 floods that engulfed KwaZulu-Natal, were a striking example...
Xenophobia and the Scapegoating of Immigrants
Many South Africans will not openly admit to being xenophobic, yet subtle hints of it frequently surface in everyday conversations....
Gauteng charities face closure as Dept of Social Development stops funding
The NGO crisis in Gauteng has grabbed a lot of attention from civil society and trade unions alike. Last week,...
Not a GNU, but a neo-liberal elite pact
It is important to name and characterise things for what they exactly are. To mischaracterise phenomena can lead to bad...
Don’t GNU forget about me
Cry of the Xcluded – a political forum of the marginalised – has called for the government of national unity,...
Public Protector finds government is failing victims of GBV
Civil society organisations fighting for victims of gender-based violence (GBV), say it is tragic that it took the loss of...
