Thursday, 18 July 2019
Dennis Webster has a research background in labour, land and housing. He writes about cities, farmwork and popular politics in rural areas.
The cleanliness of Joburg’s municipal swimming pools appears to depend on the affluence of the areas in which they are located, with those in working class suburbs neglected.
A landmark court victory against an Australian mining giant and the minerals department has been widely celebrated. But the community says the fight for Mpondoland has only begun.
Despite a legal obligation to inform on their comrades, workers across the country are refusing to do so, resulting in dismissal.
In 2018, rail commuters are still enduring the savage travel regimes imposed by apartheid’s perverse urban planning.
New satellite images show that more than one in four homes in South Africa’s economic heartland is either a backyard shack or in a gated community.
For the students of a small dojo, a public park in Yeoville offers a rare chance for recreation.
A group of Hillbrow residents are organising beyond the walls of their own homes, and without regard for national identities.
Activists S’bu Zikode and Willie Baptist, who have organised land and housing occupations on either side of the Atlantic, speak about the dignity of having a home.
Agbogbloshie, home to almost 100,000 people, and one of the 10 most polluted places on the planet, is the world largest electronics graveyard.
More than 5 000 members of Abahlali baseMjondolo took to the streets of Durban yesterday to demand an end to ongoing political killings.
‘Political killings are easy’: Unusual circumstances shroud the funeral ceremony of murdered amaMpondo headman.
Another violent murder in one of South Africa’s lushest regions highlights deep fissures in the bedrock of its people, and their relationship to the land.
Workers at South Africa’s premier hunting destination remain pariahs on their own land after a failed land reform project.
Casual workers at the Kellogg’s factory in Springs, some who have worked at the factory for decades, have been retrenched.
The Marikana land occupation in Philippi has suffered devastating violence, and residents make their lives against the gross neglect of the state. But despite the grim conditions many residents are…
For the families of mineworkers who were murdered by police in 2012, the massacre isn’t over. Pain cuts through time, and passes from one generation to the next.
Groot Constantia has enjoyed a stellar year, but workers on the wine estate report a set of serious grievances.
An attempt has been made on the life of Abahlali baseMjondolo president Zikode, according to a statement released by the shack dwellers’ movement on 7 July.
On Monday 18 June, the Durban High Court granted an urgent order that allows households evicted from the Lamontville Transit Camp to
Municipal officials evicted 48 families in Lamontville, in Durban, on Friday. The evictions appear to have been illegal.
The World Cup is a welcome recess from the commodification of the Beautiful Game.