Another senseless law enforcement killing
Dumisani Joxo’s neighbours, friends and relatives speak highly of the man allegedly shot and killed by a City of Cape Town law enforcement officer.
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The Clover strike heads to court
Labour unions say the dairy company’s attempt to end the strike and halt the boycott of its products through legal means and violent intimidation is a threat to democracy as a whole.
ConCourt clarifies act for asylum seekers
The apex court has reversed amendments to the act that made it difficult for refugees to apply for asylum while making it easy for Home Affairs officials to unjustly detain and deport them.
Sudan’s political polarisation
The African nation celebrated 66 years of independence from British rule on 1 January, but it has been stuck in an endless cycle of coups, dictatorships, revolutions and transitions.
Killing the will of the village next to St Lucia Lake
KwaNibela residents rely on the fish and reeds they harvest within the protected iSimangaliso Wetland Park. But authorities consider this poaching, threatening the community’s lives and livelihoods.
Next bout in Joburg’s fighting start to the year
The City had a glimpse of its divided government when 2022’s first council meeting declined into fist fights. More pugilism could be on the way.
Threats fail to discourage striking Clover workers
Participants in the eight-week-long strike at the dairy company say their lives and property have been endangered, but they will not back down from their demand that Clover be nationalised.
Is Ethiopia moving towards peace?
Uncertainty persists as the strife-torn East African country stumbles towards a fragile accord between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front in the north and the federal government.
Clover workers call for nationalisation
Striking workers fear that corporate changes at the dairy giant will lead to reduced local production and increased imports of Israeli products.
Tutu was ‘a feeling person’ who got ‘inspirations’
Desmond Tutu was a teacher, preacher, ‘public enemy number one’, Nobel Peace laureate, mediator and conciliator who proved in the course of a long and caring life that he was a man for all seasons.
Small solutions to SA’s big problems
Localised projects such as SaliTuba in KwaZakhele give residents a way to feed themselves and their communities, develop skills and create sustainable livelihoods.
Eastern Cape car factory goes back on its word
Workers on strike for a ninth week at a vehicle manufacturer in Gqeberha have accused the company of flip-flopping during negotiations for better wages and medical aid contributions.
Universities’ mandatory vaccination conundrum
Some institutes of higher education have made being inoculated against Covid-19 a requirement for admission next year while others are still debating their vaccination policy.
Social media spurs youth vaccine reluctance
Many young people between the ages of 18 and 35 are sceptical of the Covid-19 jab because of stories circulating online about negative side effects and mixed messages from officials.
Disinformation and rumours drive vaccination fears
Conversations with ordinary South Africans of all ages reveal a widespread distrust in the efficacy of the Covid-19 vaccines and the real need for accurate information.
Cape Town ‘spiritual master’ accused of abuse
Rachide Mansouri allegedly exchanged promises of enlightenment for sexual favours and took financial advantage of the faithful for years. The revelations have left his community in disarray.
Elderly land claimants wait in vain for restitution
While the government fails to adhere to its own deadlines, the clock is ticking for a group of Black people who were evicted from their land in the decade before apartheid ended.
Shell’s seismic survey endangers a whole way of life
For communities along the Wild Coast, the ocean is much more than a resource from which they get a sustainable harvest to feed their families. It is also their nurturing healer and partner.
Abused women are at the mercy of men and the police
Women participants at a recent march against gender-based violence spoke of how they not only experience violence from men, but also indifference from the law.
Shell judgment a blow for activists
The oil company will proceed with its search for oil and gas off South Africa’s Wild Coast after environmental groups failed to convince a judge of the severity of its impact on marine life.
UPL was only there to kill us, say shack dwellers
Residents of a shack settlement in Cornubia on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal continue to suffer from ill health after a toxic chemical spill. And the company responsible does not seem to care.