Striking workers clash with police outside hospital
Scenes of confrontation between striking workers and staff members who are not part of the strike, and blocking of entrances...
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
Nehawu goes ahead with strike
The National Education Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) went ahead with strike action on Monday despite an interdict. On...
Wits students protest against financial exclusion
Wits University students clashed with police and private security guards on Friday as they intensified their demands for academic registration,...
SAFTU to join hands with the EFF on ‘National Shutdown’
After their three-day National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting, the South African Federation of the Trade Unions (Saftu) took a decision...
Unions and unemployed unite against budget austerity
The Cape Town city centre was a hive of political activity on Wednesday morning ahead of the budget speech by...
Taxi association lifts blockade but learners still absent from schools
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) says that while learner transport scheme buses were able to operate in Khayelitsha and...
Public sector unions split over stalled wage talks
Speculation that public sector unions are weak and divided is rife after the Fedusa-affiliated unions decided to join fresh rounds...
Taxi blockade in Khayelitsha causes thousands of learners to miss school
The Western Cape Education Department (WCED) says that thousands of learners in Khayelitsha and neighbouring areas have missed school due...
Khayelitsha school aims for 90% in physical science
Intlanganiso Senior Secondary School in Site C Khayelitsha improved its physical science matric pass rate and was honoured at a...
Communities demand an end to loadshedding
Not far from the city hall where the president was delivering the state of the nation address, residents, community organisations...
