Musawenkosi Cabe

@CabeMusa

Originally from Pietermaritzburg, Musawenkosi Cabe’s areas of interest include bottom-up social mobilisation, social movements and unions, as well as football, social justice, spatial justice and constitutionalism.

Stories by: Musawenkosi Cabe

S6 Episode 6: The case for a shorter working week

We look at Iceland’s effective four-day workweek, hear from dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson about what he’d do with more time and find out from sociologist Eddie Webster if it could work in South Africa.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
22 Oct 2021

Editorial

Defend journalists and media freedom in eSwatini

Journalists are censored through cruel and illegitimate detention, torture and the removal of means to disseminate information to citizens crying – and dying – for it.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
19 Oct 2021

Features

Waste pickers should be seen as essential workers

Come rain or sun, waste pickers push their trolleys full of recycled material. But despite providing an environmental service they are not treated as the public-service workers they are.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
15 Oct 2021

S6 Episode 3: Waste pickers of the world unite

They do essential work, yet most governments, cities and residents ignore them and their rights. We speak to reclaimers and the people who organise them globally.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
1 Oct 2021

S5 Episode 14: Podcasts for change

Can podcasts be a force for progressive change? We look at global examples and then hone in on African podcasts, plus a popular South African broadcaster who has crossed over.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
20 Aug 2021

News

Hate speech law to be more clearly defined

While the Constitutional Court has agreed that certain sections of the Equality Act are unconstitutional, it has decided the issue of whether Jon Qwelane was guilty of hate speech.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
6 Aug 2021

S5 Episode 11: Feminists vs Zuma | Beirut revisited

A feminist perspective on how South Africa got here, and a Lebanese musician with a new album that’s a wail for her country and its people.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
30 Jul 2021

S5 Episode 8: Reporting from eSwatini

Security forces in eSwatini detained, assaulted and tortured two New Frame journalists covering the pro-democracy uprising in that country. We bring you their harrowing tale. Warning: This episode contains disturbing content.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
9 Jul 2021

S5 Episode 3: Palestinian solidarity | Israeli apartheid

In this special focus on Palestine: how dock workers showed solidarity, non-violent resistance in the face of extreme Israeli violence and why Israel is an apartheid state.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
4 Jun 2021

S4 Episode 13: Rugby and race | Polish football racism

SA Rugby’s head explains the controversial way the Springboks will approach Black Lives Matter during the British & Irish Lions’ tour. Also, we explore the movement against racism in Poland’s football.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
16 Apr 2021

Analysis

Uber drivers are workers, not contractors

In the second of this three-part series on workers in the e-hailing industry, a British Supreme Court ruling could be ‘highly persuasive’ in South African Uber drivers’ class action against the tech giant.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
15 Apr 2021

S4 Episode 11: Cissie Gool | Paris Commune | ‘Internationale’

We visit the Cissie Gool House. Is this occupation a model for affordable housing? Why the Paris Commune matters 150 years on. And, the story of a song with its roots in the Commune.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
1 Apr 2021

News

Why the gig economy must be regulated

In the first of this three-part series on workers in the e-hailing industry, we look at the exploitation Uber Eats food couriers in South Africa face, without their basic labour rights.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
30 Mar 2021

S4 Episode 8: The new workers of the gig economy

The gig economy is a striking example of how work has changed during the Covid-19 pandemic. We investigate how this on-demand work has eroded workers’ rights but may lead to new types of unions.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
12 Mar 2021

S4 Episode 5: Workers under Covid-19 | Trauma today

Organising workers has always been a daunting job and Covid-19 has made it even more so. What can unions do? Also, with so many deaths during the pandemic, we look at how a nation mourns.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
19 Feb 2021

Culture

How Welcome ‘Bhodloza’ Nzimande championed maskandi

The late radio pioneer contributed immensely towards this style of music taking its rightful place in popular culture and mainstream sounds heard on the airwaves.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
12 Feb 2021

News

Rica spying without telling found unconstitutional

In a victory for journalism and the legal profession, the Constitutional Court has upheld a 2019 high court decision declaring sections of surveillance law unconstitutional.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
9 Feb 2021

S4 Episode 2: Chomsky speaks to us | Black Power

Noam Chomsky gives us an exclusive, wide-ranging interview. We pay tribute to black consciousness leader Aubrey Mokoape. And when Cape Town’s working-class carnival got canned.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Jan 2021

COVID-19

Analysis

Why prisoners are a priority in vaccine rollout

Inmates comprise a vulnerable group in society and they are meant to receive Covid-19 vaccines earlier than the general population. This has sparked debate locally and globally.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
19 Jan 2021

S3 Episode 14: Pumla Gqola | Trucks ablaze | Workers win

Feminist thinker Pumla Gqola tries to make sense of 2020, a migrant truck driver takes us on the road and what the Constitutional Court ruling means for South Africa’s domestic workers.

Hosted by: Musawenkosi Cabe
11 Dec 2020

News

Constitutional Court protects domestic workers

The court has ruled that these employees can claim from the Compensation Fund if injured while on duty. The ground-breaking judgment also ensures domestic workers can apply retrospectively.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
23 Nov 2020