In 2006, WWMP was part of a pioneering group that initiated the development and launch of Cape Town TV in 2008. Since then we have been an important stakeholder and was party to developing what is probably the first and only regular weekly labour TV show on the continent and probably the only regular weekly broadcasted labour TV show in the world. CTV now has an additional channel on digital TV as part of the DSTV network as Channel 263. This has increased its viewership to over 2 million monthly viewers. Potentially the labour TV show on the DSTV network makes the show available to six million people across sub-Saharan Africa.
South Africa National Dialogue Part 2
The National Dialogue is a government initiated process that is meant to be a citizen-led, non-partisan process launched in South Africa in August 2025 to address the country’s challenges and …build a shared vision for the future.
It is led by an Eminent Persons Group and aims to create a new social compact through a series of local, national and sectoral engagements to find collective solutions to issues like poverty, inequality, and governance, with the goal of shaping a new social contract and informing a future National Development Plan.
But should working class South Africans take the National Dialogue seriously given the track record of the South African government over more than thirty years of democracy?Show More
South Africa National Dialogue Part 2
The National Dialogue is a government initiated process that is meant …
The National Dialogue is a government initiated process that is meant to be a citizen-led, non-partisan process launched in South Africa in August 2025 to address the country’s challenges and …build a shared vision for the future.
It is led by an Eminent Persons Group and aims to create a new social compact through a series of local, national and sectoral engagements to find collective solutions to issues like poverty, inequality, and governance, with the goal of shaping a new social contract and informing a future National Development Plan.
But should working class South Africans take the National Dialogue seriously given the track record of the South African government over more than thirty years of democracy?Show More
The Just Transition, Energy democracy and climate justice
For many years, scientists and NGO’s have warned about the dangers of …
For many years, scientists and NGO’s have warned about the dangers of climate change, especially what is referred to as “global warming”. In recent years we have directly experienced extreme …weather such as long droughts and destructive floods.
Governments and NGO’s have met regularly in international Conferences of Parties or COP meetings in attempts to address climate change, but it seems that to date, very little progress has been made and scientists are now predicting an ecological disaster that will negatively affect the poorest people worst. With the USA now ruled by the Trump regime, are we facing a disastrous future and if so, what can we do about it?Show More
High Electricity Tariffs in South Africa
For nearly two decades, South Africa has had an electricity crisis. …
For nearly two decades, South Africa has had an electricity crisis. This has resulted in serious disruptions to people’s lives, livelihoods and the economy of the country. This was and …is mainly due to regular electricity supply disruptions, or “loadshedding” and high electricity tariffs that have increased by an estimated 500% over the past 16 years.
In today’s show we analyse why we are faced with this problem of high electricity tariffs and its impact on ordinary working-class consumers.Show More
Israel Dutra AA Saloojee Lecture – 2025
Contracta Force
Hlubi Mayekiso reading the memorandum of demands
Hlubi Mayekiso reading the memorandum of demands
SA’s High Cost of Living and Impact on the Poor and working class. EP10
South Africa’s cost of living has risen drastically over the past …
South Africa’s cost of living has risen drastically over the past years. It is estimated that from 2011 to 2023, the cost of living in South Africa has nearly doubled. …Typically this is hitting poor people the hardest.
In this show we look closely at the drastic increase in the cost of living that is a crisis for many, its impact on people, especially the poor, how people are coping or not and what can be done about it.Show More
The Campaign for Unpaid benefits EP02
Historically, South Africa’s economy was built around mining, …
Historically, South Africa’s economy was built around mining, agriculture and cheap black labour. Since the late 1980’s the mining industry has shrunk and thousands of workers were laid off, many …banished to the former homelands of Apartheid South Africa and neighbouring countries. Many have since struggled to survive and relied on retirement and other benefits due to them. However, this was not forthcoming, leaving many miners and other workers and their widows destitute. In today’s show we assess the progress of these workers in accessing their long overdue benefits and we talk to representatives of the Unpaid Benefits Campaign (UBC).Show More
PRASA and the Impact of Corruption and Mismanagement on the Public and Workers
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is a state-owned …
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) is a state-owned enterprise responsible for most passenger rail services in the country. What was once an efficient passenger rail service during …the apartheid era, esuring that workers were at their workplaces on time, has become unreliable and near bankruptcy over the past 30 years.
This has largely been due to corruption and mismanagement under the ANC government In today’s show we unpack the demise of PRASA, the impact it has had on the public and workers and what is being done to improve the situation.Show More
Pesticides – Impact on Farmworkers and Food
The European Union has banned highly hazardous pesticides from …
The European Union has banned highly hazardous pesticides from agriculture within its borders, due to their proven, or strongly suspected toxicity to human health, biodiversity, and the environment. However, such …pesticides are still being produced by some EU Member States and exported to third countries, such as South Africa, through globalised production channels.
In this show we look at harmful pesticides and their impact on farmworkers and the food that we eat.Show More
Every year we produce and broadcast two 13-week seasons that started as a 30-minute show that has evolved into a full hour. The quality of the shows has been excellent: well-produced and professional. We are working hard to ensure that it continues to improve in quality and also in representation, by increasing the number of women participants.
In 2010, together with AIDC, we completed our first documentary film production, False Profits, that focused on the causes of the economic crisis and its effects on working class people. We hope to use our television production skills to create more documentaries, and we have several pertinent ideas in the pipeline. Funding limitations and other pressing priorities mean we have not realised this ambition yet.
