Sunday, 14 August 2022
Anna Majavu is a trade unionist and journalist currently completing a PhD in journalism.
A drama from Limpopo tackles the disturbing reality of politicians killing each other for positions. It is a cry from young South Africans for this deplorable situation to change.
Gender-based violence is highlighted in several heartbreaking performances at the Makhanda National Arts Festival.
Young people hired under the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative in the province are teaching classes without supervision and some have not been paid last months’ stipends.
Izifundiswa nabalimi bezitiya ezisecaleni kwendlela bathi ukulima ezidolophini kungayigxoth’ indlala, kucuthe umgama wonikezelo lokutya, kuncedise kutshintsho olukhawulezayo kwimeko yokuhlala, luphinde ludibanise uluntu obelukade lungaboni ngasonye.
Academics and pavement gardeners say growing food in the city can alleviate hunger, shorten the food supply chain, mitigate climate shock and bring previously divided communities together.
Disgust at rampant corruption in the Makana municipality took centre stage at the funeral of one of its brave officials who fought the criminality he saw around him, and was likely killed for it.
Research has found that new climate change resilience techniques must be based on a respect for indigenous knowledge if small-scale farmers are to take up these methods successfully.
State patients in the province have fewer and fewer facilities available near to where they live and must travel hundreds of kilometres for treatment because of the nursing shortage.
Impoverished residents in the Nelson Mandela Bay metro are spending stressful days trying to get enough water for their households as well as their gardens and livestock.
Long-term government neglect of health system staff, an austerity health budget and a global shortage of nurses combine to make conditions untenable for health workers and patients.
Die regering se verwaarlosing van gesondheidspersoneel, ‘n onvoldoende begroting en die wêreldwye tekort aan verpleegsters maak die situasie vir werkers en pasiënte onhoudbaar.
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.
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.
Uhla lwabalindele ukwakhelwa izindlu kumele lungasondeli kwakusondela ezandleni zamakhansela e-ANC futhi kuqokwe isigungu esizimele esizolwengamela bese sibika kubantu.
Waiting lists for houses should be kept away from ANC councillors and overseen by an independent body that reports back to affected communities.
The provincial leaders of a civic organisation, commercial farmers and an ANC mayor have agreed that the farm workers’ strike be suspended, but the strikers have questioned their mandate.
Striking citrus farm workers in the Eastern Cape’s Sundays River Valley say they are fighting against unfair labour practices that favour migrants over South Africans.
Abasebenzi basezifama abaqhankqalazayo kwingingqi iSundays River Valley kwiphondo iMpuma Koloni bathi balwa ngokuchasene nemeko engentle abaphangela phantsi kwayo nethethelela abemi bamazwe angaphandle.
Starvation and not just hunger and malnutrition has become a feature of life for many impoverished kids. They need solutions for the long term that go beyond charity.
Many Eastern Cape villages populated by impoverished Black people do not have a reliable water supply. Successive ANC governments have done nothing to change this, worsening poverty and illness.
In a book about the Unemployed Workers’ Movement, Shaheed Mahomed recounts witdoeke attacks and how a mass movement of shack dwellers came together to resist forced removals.