Over 10 million South Africans cannot find work. 12 million by some methods of calculation. At least 38% of the workforce.
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Department of Labour: Toothless as a snail
President Zuma has signed a contentious round of amendments to the Labour Relations Act into law. After protests from Cosatu, the government withdrew the proposal of compulsory secret balloting among union members before a strike, as demanded by the DA and the...
The Platinum Strike: A voice From the Ground
Amadla! Could you give some background to the ongoing strike and explain the factors that led to the continuing mass action? Mineworker (M): The un dermining by employers, by not coming to (fulfilling)their offer that the workers in 2012 died for. Impala, Anglo and...
Other people’s struggle; being of use or abusing Palestinians’ right to act | by Richard Falk
The posture of solidarity with the struggle of ‘the other’ is more complex than it might appear at first glance. It seems a simple act to join with others in opposing severe injustice and cruelty, especially when its reality is experienced and witnessed first-hand as...
Nurit Peled-Elhanan’s moving reflections on the occupation’s 45th birthday | by Henry Norr
Nurit Peled-Elhanan, daughter of a prominent Israeli general and mother of a suicide bombing victim, and her brother Miko Peled have long been among the most courageous Israeli critics of their nation's treatment of the Palestinians, but this year they're really on a...
Sudanese face expulsion; minister declares Israel “belongs to white man” | by Jillian Kestler-D’Amours
EILAT (IPS) - Moses Gadia speaks quietly, a detailed and colorful map of South Sudan on the wall next to him. In the courtyard outside, a group of six men, all South Sudanese refugees, chat in the shade of plastic tarps. “I’m 100 percent sure that by next month, this...
How hunger strikers “tied the hands of the occupation”: a view from Israeli prison | by Ameer Makhoul
Palestinians have achieved three consecutive victories in the last few months. In October 2011, there was the release of prisoners (the exchange deal involving the kidnapped Israeli soldier). Then there was a series of individual hunger strikes, which lasted for...
The War on Palestinian Soccer: Free Mahmoud Sarsak | by Ramzy Baroud
On June 3, Palestinian national soccer team member Mahmoud Sarsak completed 80 days of a grueling hunger-strike. He had sustained the strike despite the fact that nearly 2,000 Palestinian inmates had called off their own 28-day hunger strike weeks ago. Although the...
Students Starve in a Show of Solidarity | by Micah Roshan Reddy
This year has borne witness to some staggeringly large student protests, with over 200,000 recently taking to the streets of Montreal in opposition to tuition fee hikes. But a less spotlighted action took place last week at the University of the Witwatersrand in...