Abahlali baseMjondolo holds Women’s League Electoral Congress
With more than 60% of membership of the entire organisation being women, the Congress held on 9 August, South Africa’s National Women’s Day was an important part of the movement’s commitment to building women’s power from below.
South Africa: 17 August International Day of Action #HandsOffVenezuela
People’s movements and left organizations around the world held an international day of action in solidarity with Venezuela on August 17
United Textile Employees Union (UNITE) in Lesotho holds Elective Congress
The Congress brought together 52 delegates from all its regions to participate in this important process.
Land is Life: Peasant struggles in Tanzania
Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Wakulima Tanzania, a network of around 200,000 small farmers, has been fighting against the dispossession of land and criminalization of those whose livelihoods depend on it
Unfreedom Day in South Africa
Ahead of the national holiday commemorated for the 1994 democratic elections in South Africa, a leader of the shack dwellers movement declared, “We are burning because of the conditions we live under.”
How profits are maximized at the expense of workers’ lives in South Africa
In workplaces across South Africa, workers get sick and injured at their jobs. This has only gotten worse throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
Abahlali baseMjondolo celebrates 15 years of revolutionary struggle for land, housing and dignity
The shack dwellers’ movement of South Africa, marked 15 years of struggle for land, housing and dignity on October 4. It held a seminar, Sifike kanjani la? (How did we get to where we are?) and, the following day, relaunched the eKhenana branch of the movement.
Imperialism and neo-colonialism remain at the heart of Mali’s political crisis
The Pan Africanism Today Secretariat reflects on the factors behind the recent coup d’état in Mali and the ensuing political crisis
Systemic corruption, mismanagement worsen Zimbabwe’s economic crisis
The spread of COVID-19 has further exposed an already failing system, leading to an intensified political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe. The government, however, seems busy cracking down on critics
The lessons of South Africa’s 1956 Women’s March resonate to this day
On August 9, 1956, nearly 20,000 women marched in South Africa against apartheid-era Pass Laws. The struggles they waged and the demands they raised are especially relevant today
Cuba’s medical brigades in Africa embody a long tradition of solidarity
From medical to military, agricultural, educational, cultural support and more, the Cuban footprint in Africa dates back to the national struggles against colonialism. The work of the Henry Reeve Brigade is a continuation of this tradition
Farewell Ernest Wamba dia Wamba!
Congolese militant and activist Ernest Wamba dia Wamba passed away on July 15 in Kinshasa
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