Musawenkosi Cabe

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

Editorial and Analysis

Ground-breaking ruling on rape

The Constitutional Court has extended the application of the doctrine of common purpose to gang rape cases. If members of a group intend to exert power over women, they are equally guilty.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
13 Dec 2019

News

25 November 2019: Centre, The Chinese Association chairperson Erwin Pon in the Johannesburg High Court after the anti-Chinese hate speech case resumed.

Dramatic turn in anti-Chinese hate speech case

Amid Judge Motsamai Makume declining to admit certain evidence into the record, the legal representative of one of the accused asked the judge to recuse himself, citing allegations of bias.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
6 Dec 2019

News

25 November 2019: The anti-Chinese hate speech case resumed in the equality court in Johannesburg after a seven-month postponement.

Anti-Chinese hate speech case back in court

A case against those who posted hateful, xenophobic comments about Chinese on the social media pages of Carte Blanche and the Karoo Donkey Sanctuary is in court again.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
28 Nov 2019

Features

24 October 2019: The morning commuter rush at Bree Taxi Rank in Johannesburg’s central business district. (Photograph by Noncedo Gxekwa)

Long Read | Taxi industry exploits drivers

The taxi industry contributes billions to South Africa’s informal economy, yet the drivers who are the bedrock of the public transport system are left on the margins of that economy.

By: Magnificent Mndebele, Musawenkosi Cabe
27 Nov 2019

News

Air Chefs interdict a ‘tactic’ to frustrate workers

The Labour Court has granted the state-owned catering firm an interim interdict to stop workers from striking over the cancellation of anniversary bonuses, a move Numsa says is to ‘silence workers’.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
11 Oct 2019

News

Spy laws declared unconstitutional

The North Gauteng High Court pronounced sections of the Regulation of Interception of Communication and Provision of Related Information Act unlawful. Many have hailed the decision as a victory for democracy.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
3 Oct 2019

News

25 April 2018: Thousands of South African Federation of Trade Unions members marched through central Johannesburg as a part of the trade union's national shutdown. Protests against the proposed minimum wage of R20 an hour were held across South Africa.

CCMA conference highlights minimum wage struggles

Numerous applications for exemption and institutional failure are hampering the government’s efforts to reach its target of six million workers being paid the minimum wage instituted in January.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
30 Sep 2019

News

Banks bungle sale of houses

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
11 Sep 2019

News

17 August 2019: Fans who usually watch games on SABC Sport missed seeing Mamelodi Sundowns’ Hlompho Kekana posing with spectators at the MTN8 quarterfinal match between Sundowns and Bloemfontein Celtic. (Photograph by Lefty Shivambu/Gallo Images)

Sports broadcasting rights still not resolved

The SABC and MultiChoice finally reached an agreement after denying millions televised access to PSL football games, but the threat of future blackouts remains.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Aug 2019

News

December 2015: Zabalaza Mshengu outside his home on Edmore Farm. Mshengu died on 13 August 2018 before this year’s court ruling in July. (Photograph by the Association for Rural Advancement)

Court judgment to restore farm dwellers’ dignity

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Aug 2019

Features

20 August 2019: Justice Edwin Cameron has retired from the Constitutional Court after 25 years.

Justice Cameron’s farewell backs labour tenants

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
21 Aug 2019

News

10 July 2019: Lucia Khumalo lost her cooking pots and as a result her food business when the Red Ants raided her home in the Bekezela shack settlement in Newtown, Johannesburg, two years ago.

Red Ants, feared eviction squad, suspended at last

Newtown shack dwellers welcome the suspension of the demolition service known as the Red Ants, but warn that other similar services must be investigated.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
2 Aug 2019

Sport

Icasa: Can the SABC cope with a bigger sports load?

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
1 Aug 2019

News

Domestic workers demand to be treated fairly under law

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe, Zandile Bangani
28 Jun 2019

Editorial and Analysis

Icasa: Will new regulations kill South African sports?

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
21 Jun 2019

Sport

Icasa: A broadcasting balancing act for sport

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
10 Jun 2019

Features

The real cost of criminalising sex work

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.

By: Magnificent Mndebele, Musawenkosi Cabe
30 May 2019

News

25 April 2019: Goodman Mpendulo Zulu outside his home in the Khokhoba informal settlement in Chatsworth which was badly damaged during the recent floods after the ground beneath his home was swept into the river below.

‘No return’ for those displaced by Durban floods

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.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
3 May 2019

News

25 April 2019: A family member removes a pair of crosses that were placed at the site where eight bodies were uncovered after a mudslide behind the Westcliff Secondary School in Chatsworth, Durban, caused a house to collapse.

The eight who died in a Durban mudslide

Eight people lost their lives when their home collapsed in a mudslide in Chatsworth, Durban, leaving family members in disbelief at the ‘unthinkable’ tragedy.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
29 Apr 2019

News

24 April 2019: Scelo Mtshali, 35, at the Umhlatuzana River, which burst its banks and flooded his shack in the nearby eKukhanyeni settlement. The water destroyed Mtshali’s construction tools, which he uses to make a living doing building jobs.

Durban floods: Devastation, courage & resilience

The floods in KwaZulu-Natal have damaged RDP houses, destroyed shacks and damaged homes along river banks.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
26 Apr 2019

News

14 March 2019: Workers protesting outside ArcelorMittal in Vanderbijlpark for permanent contracts and better working conditions.

Labour brokers are sidestepping the law, says Numsa

The ongoing strike at ArcelorMittal has brought the issue of noncompliance with Labour Relations Act amendments regarding temporary workers to the fore.

By: Musawenkosi Cabe
12 Apr 2019