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Dear Comrade Babalwa, Ayanda’s children, Mandisa and Ayanda’s other sisters and family members, comrades of the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM), the Makhanda Citizens Front (MCF), and Zabalaza for Socialism, we mourn the loss of our comrade and friend, Ayanda Kota....
Eddie Webster has left us. The hole in the world that he left is large indeed. He passed away on Tuesday, 5 March, from a heart attack at the age of 81. More than anyone else, Eddie Webster remade the field of industrial sociology in South Africa, but his impact was...
We started the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) in 2009. I think what gave rise to it was two things: the failures of the municipality which came out of IDP meetings. And the feeling that the politicians are taking us for a ride and taking us for granted. They are...
Last week, our dear friend and comrade Ayanda Kota was diagnosed very unexpectedly with cancer and SIADH (Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion). A private hospital made the diagnosis following a very frightening time for Ayanda and his family....