Karibu Khanya College

28/06/2024

"On 20 June 2024, Khanya College organised a Mass Legal Advice Day (MAD) for the communities of Eldorado Park, Kliptown, and surrounding areas in Soweto. This event was aimed at providing important legal assistance and advice to people who face..."

https://karibu.org.za/khanya-college-hosts-mass-legal-advice-day-amid-disappointment-from-home-affairs/

18/03/2024

INVITATION TO OUR HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 21 MARCH 2024 IN SIGIDI VILLAGE, MBIZANA, EASTERN CAPE.
By: Amadiba Crisis Committee

Amadiba Crisis Committee invites the public and the media to participate in the Human Rights celebration of 2024. It will be in Sigidi village on the Amadiba coast in Mbizana on 21 March, the Human Rights Day. It will start at 10:00 AM.

Post Views: 2 Download PDF Release date: 18 March 2024 Amadiba Crisis Committee invites the public and the media to participate in the Human Rights celebration of 2024. It will be in Sigidi village on the Amadiba coast in Mbizana on 21 March, the Human Rights Day. It will start at 10:00 AM. We will....

18/03/2024

SRD GRANT INCREASE IS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT AND IS AN INSULTING PITTANCE
By: Universal Basic Income Coalition

For the almost 9 million adults who receive the SRD grant the promise by the President, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), that the grant would be expanded, brought hope in their daily struggle to have enough food to eat.

Post Views: 2 Download PDF Release date: 15 March 2024 For the almost 9 million adults who receive the SRD grant the promise by the President, in his State of the Nation Address (SONA), that the grant would be expanded, brought hope in their daily struggle to have enough food to eat. In his Budget ....

15/03/2024

MARCH AGAINST GENOCIDE AND EXTRACTION IN THE DRC, 16 MARCH 2024, CAPE TOWN CBD
By: Congolese Civil Society

A Cape Town-based group including Congolese and South African community workers and activists have come together to organise a march on the 16th March 2024 in Cape Town, against injustice, genocide, resource extraction, and ecological devastation in the DRC.

Post Views: 3 Dowmload PDF Release date: 15 March 2024 A Cape Town-based group including Congolese and South African community workers and activists have come together to organise a march on the 16th March 2024 in Cape Town, against injustice, genocide, resource extraction, and ecological devastatio...

15/03/2024

TWO YEARS OF BROKEN PROMISES, NOW A CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNET ACCESS TO LAUNCH ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
By: Friends of Free Internet for Mahala and for Freedom

Sunday 17 March 17, marks the second anniversary of the historic ICASA spectrum auction when the government gave R14.4 billion worth of our national airwaves to the cell phone companies.

Post Views: 3 Download PDF Release date: 15 March 2024 Sunday 17 March 17, marks the second anniversary of the historic ICASA spectrum auction when the government gave R14.4 billion worth of our national airwaves to the cell phone companies. President Ramaphosa told Parliament this “will bring us ...

15/03/2024

SUDAN ARMY GENERAL RULES OUT RAMADAN TRUCE UNLESS RSF LEAVES CIVILIAN SITES
By: Aljazeera

Senior Sudanese Armed Forces General Yasser al-Atta has said there will be no truce in Sudan during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan unless the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group leaves the homes and sites of civilians.

"Fourteen countries on the 15-member council on Friday backed the resolution proposed by the United Kingdom, with only Russia abstaining from the vote.The resolution called on “all parties to the conflict to seek a sustainable resolution to the conflict through..."

15/03/2024

THOUSANDS DISPLACED AS HAITI’S ‘RAPIDLY DETERIORATING’ CRISIS RAISES ALARM
By: Aljazeera News

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” by the situation in Haiti, as a surge in gang violence has displaced tens of thousands of people and effectively paralysed the capital of Port-au-Prince.

"United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply concerned” by the situation in Haiti, as a surge in gang violence has displaced tens of thousands of people and effectively paralysed the capital of Port-au-Prince. Guterres’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on..."

14/03/2024

UPDATE ON THE GIWUSA STRIKE AT RCL FOODS
By: GIWUSA

Members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) working at RCL foods in Tzaneen, Loius Trichard and Thohoyandou, yesterday embarked on an indefinite strike due to failed wage increment negotiations.

Post Views: 3 Download PDF Release date: 29 February 2024 Members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) working at RCL foods in Tzaneen, Loius Trichard and Thohoyandou, yesterday embarked on an indefinite strike due to failed wage increment negotiations. The workers respon...

14/03/2024

THE NATIONAL MINIMUM WAGE ENTRENCHES APARTHEID’S CHEAP BLACK LABOUR
By: Casual Workers Advice Office

The working class does not need to know the food poverty line, the lower-bound poverty line or the upper bound poverty line to know that it is starving.

Post Views: 6 Download PDF Release date: 29 February 2024 The working class does not need to know the food poverty line, the lower-bound poverty line or the upper bound poverty line to know that it is starving. The 1 March increase in the national minimum wage from R25.42 to R27.45 has been hailed i...

14/03/2024

MEETING WITH SANRAL CONTRACTOR OBSTRUCTED BY BUSINESS FORUMS
By: Amadiba Crisis Committee

On Wednesday 6 March, 60 villagers gathered in Sigidi to meet a representative of M Kona Engineers Consulting, a contractor employed by SANRAL to survey in the village for the proposed N2 Wild Coast Toll Road.

Post Views: 16 Download PDF Release date: 9 March 2024 On Wednesday 6 March, 60 villagers gathered in Sigidi to meet a representative of M Kona Engineers Consulting, a contractor employed by SANRAL to survey in the village for the proposed N2 Wild Coast Toll Road. The villagers want to move N2 from....

14/03/2024

TRIBUTE TO AYANDA KOTA
By: Kanyiso Mazibuko

What a fire has stopped warming our hearts
What a torch of reason ceased to burn
What a heart stopped to beat

Post Views: 16 Download PDF Release date: 2 March 2024 (not delivered at the funeral due to circumstances of the day) What a fire has stopped warming our hearts What a torch of reason ceased to burn What a heart stopped to beat Ubuya kuhlala unathi phi ungumntu nje, Ungumntu nje, int’ ehlal ‘ihl...

14/03/2024

SAFTU MOURNS THE PASSING OF PROFESSOR EDWARD WEBSTER
By: SAFTU

The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) mourns the passing of Professor Edward Webster.

Post Views: 16 Download PDF Release date: 6 March 2024 The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) mourns the passing of Professor Edward Webster. We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, his many students, and colleagues. We celebrate his life which has resourcefully contributed....

09/03/2024

FORMER PRESIDENT JACOB ZUMA ATTACKED THE LGBTQIA+ COMMUNITY
By: Noluvuyo Lata
On 25 February 2024, while addressing Mkhonto Party (MK) followers in Maqongqo outside Pietermaritzburg, MK leader and former president Jacob Zuma made some very homophobic remarks to his audience.

"As the 2024 elections approach, politicians appear to think that it is okay to attack vulnerable minority groups to gain votes. This is like what the leader of the Patriotic Alliance, Gayton McKenzie, has been doing, spreading xenophobic hate speech..."

09/03/2024

WORKERS AND LABOUR MOVEMENT ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF FRIEND AND COMRADE: EDDIE WEBSTER
By: Maria Van Driel
I join the many who celebrate the life of Edward Webster, a friend and comrade to many in the workers movement here in SA and internationally.

"Eddie accepted differences, worked on his craft, prepared for every seminar and never took his many years in the academy for granted. Together with Jacklyn C**k, Sakhela Buhlungu and Michael Burawoy, they were formidable mentors in research methodology, debates and..."

09/03/2024

THE WORLD DECLARES “HANDS OFF RAFAH!”
By: Peoples Dispatch
Over a hundred actions were held over the weekend to demand Israel back down from its threat to invade Rafah
Massive demonstrations were held over the weekend in cities across the world to protest against Israel’s threat to invade Rafah and to call for an immediate ceasefire.

"Massive demonstrations were held over the weekend in cities across the world to protest against Israel’s threat to invade Rafah and to call for an immediate ceasefire. Over 100 protests took place on all continents as part of the “Hands..."

09/03/2024

RSOS HOST PROTEST FOR SUDAN AND CONGO
By: Anna Hull
On March 1, students gathered on the steps of Suzzallo Library to stand in solidarity with individuals impacted by the conflicts in Sudan and the Congo.

"On March 1, students gathered on the steps of Suzzallo Library to stand in solidarity with individuals impacted by the conflicts in Sudan and the Congo. The protest was hosted by UW’s Black Student Union (BSU), Black Student Journal, Somali..."

09/03/2024

UPDATE ON THE GIWUSA STRIKE AT RCL FOODS
By: GIWUSA

Members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) working at RCL foods in in Tzaneen, Loius Trichard and Thohoyandou, yesterday embarked on an indefinite strike due to failed wage increment negotiations. The workers responded to the call for the strike overwhelmingly.

"Members of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) working at RCL foods in in Tzaneen, Loius Trichard and Thohoyandou, yesterday embarked on an indefinite strike due to failed wage increment negotiations. The workers responded to the call..."

09/03/2024

TRANSGENDER GUARDIAN ALLIANCE HOSTS A DIALOGUE IN DAVEYTON
By: Refilwe Lentsitse

Transgender Guardian Alliance (TGA), an organisation that deals with transgender issues, in partnership with Access Chapter 2(AC2) which advocates for q***r rights, was joined by parents from the Parents Family, Friends of South African Qu**rs (PFSAQ), and the q***r community of Daveyton, Benoni.

"Transgender Guardian Alliance (TGA), an organisation that deals with transgender issues, in partnership with Access Chapter 2(AC2) which advocates for q***r rights, were joined by parents from the Parents Family, Friends of South African Qu**rs (PFSAQ), and the q***r community..."