Inclusive education unrealised after 21 years
Published in 2001, the white paper for inclusive education is yet to be passed into law, leaving disabled learners without access to schools and with little legal recourse.
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Shack dwellers face wrath of Pimville residents
Growing frustration over high levels of crime, especially electricity cable theft, has resulted in the Chicken Farm community being blamed amid a rise in xenophobia.
DRC queer rights activist forced to go into hiding
The Congolese advocate for LGBTQIA+ rights has been living in fear after spurious charges of ‘promoting homosexuality’ led the police to her door.
Workers at ArcelorMittal refuse to budge over wages
The steel manufacturer’s decision to seek an interdict preventing some of its employees from taking part in the national strike has aggravated Numsa, which says it won’t back down from its demands.
Slain eKhenana activist Nokuthula Mabaso remembered
A leader of the commune’s food sovereignty projects, the fearless Mabaso had given most of her adult life to the struggle for land and dignity.
Neighbours reach out to help homeless flood victims
In community shelters all over the eThekwini metro, kind-hearted residents who have very little themselves manage to find ways to help their stricken neighbours.
Charlotte Maxeke hospital reopens… barely
The Johannesburg hospital has started reopening as the fire damage is repaired but delays, security issues and dubious health and safety compliance are affecting staff retention.
Pupils leave dysfunctional eSwatini schools for SA
Many parents near the border have sent their children to South African schools after the pandemic and mass protests disrupted local classes.
No money to pay you, apartheid survivors are told
Activists demanding reparations for apartheid crimes finally met with the justice minister, who informed them that the TRC list of beneficiaries will not be expanded.
Soldiers harass us, say residents of ‘ecovillage’
An ‘equal community’ living on a long-defunct military base in the heart of Cape Town feels threatened by the behaviour of defence force members who have moved back into its midst.
Sand dams boost food security in rural Zimbabwe
In hot and arid parts of the country, this method of water abstraction from sandy riverbeds is helping villagers to grow their vegetable gardens all year round.
Banxusa ukuba lunikwe abantu baziphathele uhlelo lokwabiwa kwezindlu
Uhla lwabalindele ukwakhelwa izindlu kumele lungasondeli kwakusondela ezandleni zamakhansela e-ANC futhi kuqokwe isigungu esizimele esizolwengamela bese sibika kubantu.
Put people in charge of housing, plead activists
Waiting lists for houses should be kept away from ANC councillors and overseen by an independent body that reports back to affected communities.
Failed reparations a ‘betrayal’, says leading expert
More than two decades after she helped draft the TRC’s recommendations, human rights lawyer Yasmin Sooka throws her support behind apartheid survivors getting compensation.
‘The floods are a real call to conscience’
The deluge in KwaZulu-Natal is part of unpredictable weather patterns that will only worsen in cities with infrastructure already failing. Society needs to rally for change now.
Abahlali activist is killed at home in eKhenana
Nokuthula Mabaso is the second activist to be assassinated in this Durban commune in two months.
Cosatu’s ‘successful’ Workers’ Day rally
Kicking the president out of the federation’s main rally shows how tired workers are of the government protecting the private sector while claiming to be on the side of the working class.
Worker compensation yet to be put into practice
Two workplace incidents show that although domestic workers are legally covered by the compensation act, a lack of follow-through makes it almost impossible to claim.
Long wait continues for apartheid reparations
People who are now elderly and suffered terrible losses at the hands of South Africa’s white minority regime are determinedly waiting to be heard.
No escaping the ‘river of death’
Bodies are still missing after heavy rainfall in KwaZulu-Natal caused massive flooding. Now distraught families are left to pick through the wreckage of their lives.
Struggle continues for landless Brazilians
Though a moratorium on evictions has been extended in Brazil, families still face forced removals. Activists are fighting for the right to land amid increasing precarity.