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RADHIKA DESAI

Discussion: The Rise of the Authoritarian Right In the World & South Africa.
Implications for the working class and the movement building.

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RADHIKA DESAI

Discussion: The Rise of the Authoritarian Right In the World & South ...

Discussion: The Rise of the Authoritarian Right In the World & South Africa.
Implications for the working class and the movement building.

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High Electricity Tariffs EP_02

As South Africans we are all well aware of the country’s electricity ...

As South Africans we are all well aware of the country’s electricity crisis that has caused havoc with most people’s lives and the economy for over a decade. There is ...no end in site to this crisis.

Another major aspect of the crisis is that electricity has become unaffordable for the majority of people. Yet, Eskom and municipalities have regularly increased the cost of electricity way above inflation and with the support of the energy regulator, NERSA.

In this show we discuss the high cost of electricity, its causes and impact and very improtantly, what can we do about it?[+] Show More

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Youth Unemployment EP_10 Complete

It is estimated that up to 70% of black youth (those who were not ...

It is estimated that up to 70% of black youth (those who were not identified as “White” under Apartheid) are unemployed in South Africa today.

Many of the millions of ...unemployed youth have passed matric and several of them also have a university degree.

If we constantly say that “youth are the future”, then what does the future hold for so many of our young people who remain unemployed? What is the future of South Africa with this harsh reality?[+] Show More

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Evictions of Farm workers and dwellers EP_03

During the past 30 years, millions of poor farmworkers, farm dwellers ...

During the past 30 years, millions of poor farmworkers, farm dwellers and their families have been evicted from their homes and off farms by white farm owners. This despite the ...government having introduced specific laws to protect farmdwellers from this horrific practice.
In fact the evictions of farmworkers increased after the Extension of Security of Land Tenure Act 62 of 1997 (ESTA) was passed. It is estimated that between 1994 – 2004, during the first decade of democracy alone, over a million farmworkers and their families were evicted from their homes and land on which they resided.

This has continued unabated since then and in recent weeks farmers have stepped up evictions of farmworkers. In the show today we look at why this is happening and what is being done about it.[+] Show More

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Women as Public Transport Drivers- EP_02 Complete

Over the years and in fact recently we’ve experienced the crisis in ...

Over the years and in fact recently we’ve experienced the crisis in our public transport – inefficient, dangerous and expensive for most communters. However, in today’s show we look at ...a very specific issue, and that is the situation of female drivers in public transport including taxis, trains and buses.

With us in our studio and via cyber Zoom to discuss this we have….[+] Show More

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Youth Unemployment Insert -2024

If we constantly say that “youth are the future”, then what does the ...

If we constantly say that “youth are the future”, then what does the future hold for so many of our young people who remain unemployed? What is the future of ...South Africa with this harsh reality?[+] Show More

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EP_03 Gender Based Violence in the workplace

In 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the ...

In 2019, the International Labour Organization (ILO) adopted the Violence and Harassment Convention (C-190).
The Preamble of the Convention 190 outlines its aims and inter-alia states;
“Recognizing the right of ...everyone to a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment, and
acknowledging that violence and harassment in the world of work affects a person’s psychological, physical and sexual health, dignity, and family and social environment”
In this show we discuss gender based violence in the workplace, its impact – especially on vulnerable women workers and what is being done to eradicate it.[+] Show More

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EP_02 Youth Unemployment Full show

It is estimated that up to 70% of black youth (those who were not ...

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EP_01 Women farmworkers working conditions Full show

For centuries agriculture and farming has been a major part of South ...

For centuries agriculture and farming has been a major part of South Africa’s economy. Over the past fifty years it has become more commercialised with major monopoly companies owning and ...controlling huge industrial farms and agricultural companies.

Farming and agriculture by white settler colonists and modern industry have always relied on cheap black labour, whether by indigenous Khoi and San groups forced into servitude or imported slaves or conquered African tribes or indentured Indian labour.

It is the colonisation of the land and this cheap black labour that has ensured great wealth and prosperity for the white colonists, their descendents and white monopoly capital.
Previously, most farmworkers enjoyed security of tenure on the farms and at least the minimal means of survival, notwithstanding the inducement of drugs such as alcohol and tobacco for many farmworkers to maintain control over them.

However, over the past 40 years their living and working conditions have become worse due to changes in the global economy and in South Africa. Women farm workers especially, have borne the brunt of these changes.[+] Show More

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Dr Mustafa Barghouti

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Workers’ Debt and Micro-lending.

Over the past number of years, the cost of living has increased for ...

Over the past number of years, the cost of living has increased for the majority of people in South Africa, while at the same time their income has been in ...steady decline.
Many struggle to cope with paying for food, housing, travel, school-fees and other living expenses. In our reality of widespread poverty, many people turn to borrowing money. Little wonder then that South Africans are ranked as being the highest money borrowers in the world.

They mainly borrow from family and friends, but for many, micro-lenders and private informal money-lenders are the easiest and quickest way of obtaining extra cash.
However, this causes many workers to be in a permanent debt trap, often ending up with no wages at the end of the week or month. What is being done about it and is there a solution?[+] Show More

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Rheinmetall Denel (RDM) Explosion of 2018 – Any Justice for the Families? EP_08

On 3 September 2018, the Rheinmetall-Denel Munition factory in ...

On 3 September 2018, the Rheinmetall-Denel Munition factory in Somerset West experienced a huge explosion that rocked the area, including the residential neighbourhood of Macassar and killed eight of the ...workers at the factory. After 5 years of investigations and legal processes the National Prosecution Authority (NPA) found that there was no reason to prosecute the company or its management.

In this show we look at this fatal industrial accident and the impact that it has had on the victims’ families and whether there still is any prospect of justice for them.[+] Show More