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...
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“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...
e-News bulletin 2 June 2023
Cholera outbreak | Load shedding kills | Europe's tide against refugees | Kissinger at 100 | AI risks human extinctionWorkers'...
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...
e-News bulletin 26 May 2023
SA's abysmal literacy score | Pakistani crackdown | Remembering Malcolm X | Scorsese's new epicWorkers' World Weekly 26 May 2023
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,...
