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Remembering Michael Blake 1954 – 2017

The death in Cape Town of veteran socialist and anti-apartheid activist, Michael Blake, at the age of 63 of a heart attack shocked and saddened many who had experienced his restless, revolutionary mind, his visionary writings, his building of working class movements and his passionate activism over a period of almost 40 years. He was the guiding force for new movements such as the Western Cape Housing Assembly today continuing in the history of such initiatives in the apartheid era as the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee (CAHAC), the Bokmakierie, Bridgetown, Silvertown, Kewtown Residents Association (BBSK) and various socialist groups.

Media freedom repression by the Anti-Land Invasion Unit of City of Cape Town Metro Police

Statement issued on behalf of the Zwelethu Community by Busi Mtabane, Right2Know campaign

The Zwelethu Community and Khayelitsha Backyarders are concerned and would like to note the unconstitutional and illegal manner in which the City of Cape Town Metro Police treated one of our citizen journalists. On Friday, 23 June a member of Zwelethu Community, the newly named Zwelethu community that is currently occupying land in Khayelitsha witnessed a brutal assault of a citizen journalist by a member of Anti-Land Invasion Unit in the presence of Metro police. The assault was an attempt to prevent the reporter from covering footage of the police demolishing the erected shacks.

Read more about the article Port Shepstone SAPS officers steal money and destroy homestead in Xolobeni

Port Shepstone SAPS officers steal money and destroy homestead in Xolobeni

At 3 a.m. Monday morning, the homestead of Danca in Mtentu village, Xolobeni woke up to a barrage of gun shots. A police car with uniformed police was arriving.

On Monday afternoon, we knew they were from SAPS in Port Shepstone. What effectively turned out to be a SAPS assault party had been driving 2.5 hours to reach Mtentu, close to the Mkhambathi nature reserve.
Damage caused by police on a raid of a home in Danca Village. Pics: Amadiba Crisis Committee

NEHAWU NEC statement, Thursday April 06, 2017

The National Education Health & Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] convened its ordinary National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting on the 5-6th April 2017. The NEC considered the international context, national political and socio-economic situation and organisational matters affecting our members and the working class in general.

COSATU calls on its members not to join tomorrow’s march organised by Save SA

The Congress of South African Trade Unions reiterates its position that it does not support the so called “people’s march” planned for tomorrow by Save South Africa organisation. We issue a clear and unambiguous message to our members to not join this march and not participate in any activities organised by Save SA. We are not confused about who our enemies are, and in everything we do, we will be guided by our class interests. We will never march with the agents on monopoly capital to remove a democratically elected government.