Violence continues in Nigeria despite SARS disbanding
The Special Anti-Robbery Squad may have been dissolved, but law enforcement violence continues. Soldiers have killed protesters in Lekki for defying the Lagos state’s curfew.
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Reopening eSwatini’s controversial Ngwenya Mine
A licence to restart work at an iron ore opencast mine has been issued despite complaints of poor working conditions and dust and water pollution affecting the surrounding areas.
Gender and caste violence persist in India
There is an unprecedented rise in sexual violence against women from lower castes under Narendra Modi’s right-wing government, which has empowered the dominant upper caste groups.
Hit and run marks first day of Clover strike
A Clover worker died after being hit by a vehicle while allegedly running from police gunfire on day one of the nationwide strike for better wages at the giant dairy company.
Shack dwellers despair over latest fire in Jika Joe
Hundreds of residents are once again homeless after another fire swept through the Pietermaritzburg shack settlement, with the additional worry of contracting Covid-19 in temporary shelters.
Barloworld workers decry ‘unfair retrenchments’
The future of thousands of former employees and trainees looks decidedly bleak after they were retrenched in what they – and labour unions – say has been an opaque process.
CCMA’s attempt to restrain Socacof overturned
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration has dropped its bid to deter a small activist organisation from aiding vulnerable workers in the security services sector.
Ratlou: A violent place for young girls
In the North West’s Ratlou Municipality teenage girls living in impoverished communities, without access to decent healthcare and proper policing, endure statutory rape and exploitation.
Together, unions put the government on notice
Four federations joined hands for the first time ever to raise a number of problems faced by both workers and the unemployed, as well as pressing social issues the government has not addressed.
Limitations of free speech argued in SA’s top court
The Constitutional Court recently heard arguments in the drawn-out legal battle that has followed in the wake of a reviled and homophobic article written by Jon Qwelane in 2008.
Migrant street traders worse off after lockdown
In Durban, migrant street traders struggling to recover from the economic fallout of the pandemic face municipal red tape and hostile policing.
‘So where is our land? Where is the space for us?’
The occupation of a Camps Bay mansion by a black queer collective has divided opinion nationally. But can #WeSeeYou offer some hope for Cape Town’s marginalised black queer folk?
Eastern Cape pupils face consequences of Covid-19
Young people are anxious about missed schoolwork and exposure to the coronavirus on public transport, while teachers struggle to teach in masks and a principal worries about his matric pass rate.
South Africa’s continuing economic pandemic
Grant top-ups and the new social relief of stress grant must be extended beyond October as crucial indicators show that the country’s economic prospects remain grim.
N2 Wild Coast road still faces local opposition
One of South Africa’s biggest and most troubled development projects is entering a new phase, yet some of the same difficulties that have plagued it thus far remain unresolved.
Manager charged for inspecting workers’ underwear
The degrading treatment of four women whose manager forced them to strip to check if they were menstruating is part of a larger systemic problem that persists against black women.
Rohingya refugees face continuous violence
Two Myanmar soldiers have confessed to committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, giving more evidence of the genocide against the minority group.
The struggles of Port Elizabeth horse handlers
Grooms involved in the protest at the Fairview Racecourse in which a man was injured and a horse was killed speak about life in a shack settlement and the fight for funds owed to them.
‘I am a crime scene’
A woman whose uterus was removed as a minor without her consent has taken the health department to court. She is one of scores who have been forcibly sterilised in state hospitals.
Let there be no doubt, Britain’s got racism
The racist reaction to reminders that black lives matter shows the UK still has much to do to address racism besides the toppling of statues of slave owners and colonialists.
Eastern Cape MEC sues activist for defamation
The province’s member of the executive council for transport Weziwe Tikana-Gxothiwe is suing a United Front activist for Facebook posts he made that she says paint her as corrupt.