Thursday, 19 September 2019
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.
Banks aren’t following procedure in selling the primary dwellings of people whose properties are in foreclosure. But changes to the rules could give some hope.
The SABC and MultiChoice finally reached an agreement after denying millions televised access to PSL football games, but the threat of future blackouts remains.
A Pietermaritzburg High Court ruling has found that municipalities were in breach of the Constitution in not providing labour tenants and farm occupiers with essential and basic services.
The Constitutional Court has ruled in favour of a ‘special master’ being appointed to expedite more than 11 000 land claim applications, many of which were lodged more than two decades ago.
Newtown shack dwellers welcome the suspension of the demolition service known as the Red Ants, but warn that other similar services must be investigated.
The public broadcaster is already struggling financially to air the sports events in its current mandate. If Icasa’s proposed broadcasting regulations are passed, the number of events will rise dramatically.
The courts declared it unconstitutional to exclude domestic workers from being compensated for injuries sustained on duty. But legal protection continues to be difficult to access.
Sporting bodies were united against Icasa’s proposed broadcasting rights amendments, which will affect their revenue and players. Some vowed to challenge the matter up to the highest court.
Icasa heard some fiery submissions during the public hearing on its proposed sports broadcasting regulation amendments, with sports federations firmly against and viewers all for the changes.
In a 2017 report, the South African Law Reform Commission declared that decriminalising sex work in South Africa ‘could create an extremely dangerous cultural shift’. ‘New Frame’ looks at the cost of the status quo and asks sex workers what they want.
Floods are nothing new for shack dwellers, who have been forced to take refuge in community halls. With little hope of rebuilding, those affected are homeless for years at a time.
Eight people lost their lives when their home collapsed in a mudslide in Chatsworth, Durban, leaving family members in disbelief at the ‘unthinkable’ tragedy.
The floods in KwaZulu-Natal have damaged RDP houses, destroyed shacks and damaged homes along river banks.
The ongoing strike at ArcelorMittal has brought the issue of noncompliance with Labour Relations Act amendments regarding temporary workers to the fore.
‘I live in the ghetto, you just come to visit me ’round election time,’ sings Stevie Wonder, who has advocated against apartheid and for the poor in song and action.
The Western Cape court has ruled that the under-allocation of police resources in Khayelitsha amounts to unfair discrimination based on race and socioeconomic status.
An outburst of xenophobic and racist social media posts directed against the South African Chinese community prompted it to lay charges in the equality court.
Numsa and SRWP members gathered outside the US consulate in Sandton, Joburg, to protest against US involvement and ‘defend the gains of socialism’ in the South American country.
Diepkloof residents struggle to afford electricity under Eskom’s prepaid meter system and are against the utility’s proposed 15% tariff increase.
A programme to help Uber drivers obtain vehicles has proven exorbitantly expensive – and drivers still won’t own their cars in the end.
Proposed new legislation would make it possible for domestic workers to claim compensation for injury, illness or death on the job. But how will the government enforce the change?