
Injured farm workers need justice and compensation
Many labourers in the Sundays River Valley have never seen a cent after suffering debilitating pain and even disability from accidents while at work. A non-profit trust wants to change this.
Many labourers in the Sundays River Valley have never seen a cent after suffering debilitating pain and even disability from accidents while at work. A non-profit trust wants to change this.
Parts of the Eastern Cape face a huge rebuilding and recovery exercise after high winds and hail killed three people and many animals and tore down buildings.
Jobless people in the country’s most impoverished province join the growing social grant queues before dawn on empty stomachs, having run out of food for the month.
The festive season won’t be the same in the Eastern Cape this year, with fewer travelling after losing their livelihoods during the lockdown and physical distancing at traditional ceremonies on the cards.
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.
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how access to cheap and reliable data is a vital utility – without it, students fear they will be left behind.
The 200-year-old Lovedale Press is kept alive by the dedication of its owners, who work without pay. But if funding is not found, it could close, leaving South Africa the poorer.
On a trip home, a photographer captures an image of a landscape that encapsulates a sense of his people, their history and the animals that move like a river on four legs.