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Abhijan Choudhury
Why are South African Plastics Sector Workers on Strike?
22 Oct 2018
The workers have been on a strike since October 15, having successfully consolidated participants from across the country in a National #PlasticsShutdown.
Peoples Dispatch
Wave of Strikes Hits Swaziland as Public Servants Demand Salary Hikes
11 Sep 2018
Nurses in the country began protests last Wednesday while teachers are expected to go on strike from September 19. They are demanding an increase in pay of 6.5%.
Peoples Dispatch
Swaziland’s Teachers Wage Struggle Against Police Brutality
28 Aug 2018
“We call upon the international community to extend their solidarity towards the struggle of the working class movement in Swaziland,” noted various trade union organizations.
Leslie Xavier
What Indian Sports Stars Can Learn From Socrates
21 Jul 2018
Most of India’s Olympic heroes and star cricketers are inert when it comes to standing up for social and political causes, and raising voices for justice in the larger realms of the common man.
Vaibhav Raghunandan
FIFA World Cup: Black or White? Les Bleus are French in Colour
16 Jul 2018
The ‘Africa team’ tag to FIFA World Cup champions France is wrong on many counts, and by naming them so, we are, in fact, encouraging xenophobic sentiment.
Leslie Xavier
World Cup: Lukaku, Mbappe and the Colonial Ghosts Within Belgium and France
03 Jul 2018
Kylian Mbappe and Romelu Lukaku, two of FIFA World Cup’s most exciting forwards are also a reminder of the horrors of European colonialism in their countries of origin.
Musawenkosi Cabe, The Dawn News
SAFTU rejects parliamentary endorsement of ‘slave minimum wage’
30 May 2018
An average pay of CEOs in the country’s top 100 companies is R17.97 million a year, which amounts to R69,000 a day and R8,625 an hour
The Dawn News
Shack Dwellers’ Movement in South Africa Continue Their Fight for Better Life Despite Threats
30 May 2018
On 22 May 2018, S’fiso Ngcobo, the chairperson of the local branch of Abahlali baseMjondolo was assassinated by unidentified armed men.
Musawenkosi Cabe / The Dawn News
Shack Dwellers Movement Activist Murdered by Hitmen; Another Injured by Police
25 May 2018
Across South Africa, the state has been unleashing repression on those who are claiming land.
Musawenkosi Cabe, The Dawn News
South Africa: The Streets are Red, Workers are on Strike!
25 Apr 2018
Some workers held placards that read “to hell with R [Rand] 11, R15, R18 and R20 per hour.”