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The government promised to eradicate the bucket system by 2007 but five years after that deadline, Silvertown (SST) in Khayelitsha still waits – though no longer patiently. Its story shows why community struggles are still a main route to delivery. Silvertown came...
The government promised to eradicate the bucket system by 2007 but five years after that deadline, Silvertown (SST) in Khayelitsha still waits – though no longer patiently. Its story shows why community struggles are still a main route to delivery. Silvertown came...
by Bandile Mdlalose South Africa has the most beautiful Constitution amongst all countries. Its beauty is well documented and respected. But we are living in a Democratic Prison. We must acknowledge the fight of Doctor Nelson Mandela, Steve Biko and the community...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Grad Students at UKZN Attacked, Arrested by SAPS and private security without provocation Today, just after 12:30pm, students participating in a peaceful demonstration at Howard College were attacked and arrested by SAPS. Peaceful protests...
Striking South African mineworkers were gunned down by police on Thursday. Charlie Kimber looks at events leading up to the massacre—and the business interests behind it Police in South Africa have opened fire at striking workers at the Marikana platinum mine near...
The small island nation of Bahrain sits in the Persian Gulf, between Saudi Arabia and Qatar. When the Tunisian and Egyptian uprisings toppled US-backed dictators last year, all of the region’s dictatorships trembled, including that in Bahrain. The winds of change...
Abahlali base Mjondolo is a movement of the poor that struggles to protect, promote and advance the dignity of the poor in South Africa. One of our roles is to bring the government to the people and the people to the government. We have marched to take our demands to...
The news of the killing of Colonel Gaddafi in the battle to take Sirte marked one more episode in this NATO war in Libya and North Africa. The killing has all of the hallmarks of a coordinated assassination, synchronized between NATO aircraft and forces on the ground....
On Sunday evening the Egyptian military launched a brutal attack on protesters in Cairo, killing at least 36 and injuring hundreds. The crackdown happened after a peaceful demonstration by 10,000 protesters headed from Shubra, a working class suburb of Cairo, to the...