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Peoples Dispatch
NUMSA Embarks on Strike at Macsteel Against 20% Cut in Salaries
29 May 2020
The company’s management has gone to court seeking an urgent interdict against the industrial action called by NUMSA. The union’s general secretary Irvin Jim said “We reject their attempts to…
Peoples Dispatch
Two-weeks off After Every Week of Work for Nurses in Zimbabwe
19 May 2020
An agreement over this work shift was reached between the government and the nurses’ unions on May 13, averting a strike action against the government’s call for nurses to return to full-time work.
Newsclick Report
COVID-19 Disruptions Can Lead to Over 500,000 Extra HIV-related Deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa: Report
12 May 2020
The gains made in preventing mother-to-child transmission could be reversed, leading to shoring of new HIV infections among children by as much as 104%, a joint report of WHO and UNAIDS estimated.
Peoples Dispatch
In South Africa, NUMSA Alleges Forced Work During Lockdown
01 Apr 2020
Golden Arrows Bus Services claims that it is permitted to provide essential services even as South Africa goes under a 21-day lockdown. However, it has been alleged by the union that the company…
Peoples Dispatch
Deadline for Peace Deal in Sudan Extended to April 9
12 Mar 2020
The deadline was originally scheduled for December 14 and was extended twice. The latest deadline of March 7 was also pushed back as many issues have not been resolved.
Peoples Dispatch
In Sudan, Deadline for Peace Agreement is Extended by Three More Weeks
19 Feb 2020
On February 17, Monday, Sudan’s transitional government and the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) – an umbrella organization of nine armed rebel groups – signed a deal to facilitate the continuation…
Peoples Dispatch
South African Airways Strike Concludes as Management Concedes to Unions’ Demands
24 Nov 2019
The management has agreed to a wage hike, an education bursary for employees and to set up a task force to review contracts given to private companies. It will also defer retrenchments it had earlier…
Peoples Dispatch
South African Police Arrests Shack Dwellers’ Leader for Protesting Illegal Demolitions
22 Nov 2019
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Ana Maldonado, Pilar Troya Fernández, and Vijay Prashad respond to the comments by intellectuals against the progressive processes in Latin America.
Peoples Dispatch
Refugees Demanding Safety Violently Evicted from UNHCR Premises in South Africa
19 Nov 2019
Around 700 refugees had been camping outside the UNHCR offices in Pretoria since October 8, following a wave of xenophobic violence in the country in September.
Vijay Prashad
Who’s Behind Growing Racism Against African Migrants?
24 Oct 2019
It’s Europe’s greedy lending to Africa that is driving the migration wave which is fuelling EU’s xenophobic politics.