Is it a forum or a union? Simunye Workers Forum waits for labour court decision
Members of Simunye Workers Forum (SWF) will have to wait for three months to find out if they will be...
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
Family forgives scholar transport driver in tragic accident
The driver of the car that collided with a bus, claiming the lives of his five young passengers will appear...
From checkpoints to punchlines: the emergence of Palestinian stand-up comedy
As the night unfurls its dark veil over the towering buildings of Ramallah, the spotlights illuminate the stage of the...
“We won’t move” – Khayelitsha land occupiers defy eviction order
Community members from New Brighton informal settlement near Khayelitsha Mall have vowed not to move out of the area to...
Ten years on from Rana Plaza, how much have conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry improved?
Ten years ago, on the morning of 24 April 2013, the world was shaken by the tragic collapse of Rana...
Can climate-smart agriculture help build resilience against food, health and climate shocks in Malawi?
For the last two years, Jakina Lameki, who lives in the town of Bangula in Malawi’s southernmost district of Nsanje,...
Residents unimpressed by Cape Town’s preparations for floods
Informal settlement residents who stay in areas that have been identified as prone to flooding by the City of Cape...
As Sudan’s latest conflict intensifies, artisanal gold miners are caught in the crosshairs
On 17 April 2023, just before sunset in al-Ibaidiya, a Sudanese mining town on the banks of the River Nile...
Thousands of seasonal workers to get unemployment relief
Seasonal workers in De Doorns, who used to queue outside the department of labour offices in the area and in...
South African education among world’s worst
South Africa accounted for one of the lowest results in the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (Pirls) of 2021,...
