South African shack dwellers’ movement resists police attack on its eKhenana land occupation
More than 200 of the armed personnel used rubber bullets and live ammunition against eKhenana occupation, leaving several of its shack-dwellers injured.
Domestic workers recall their struggle ahead of the second global congress
25 countries have so far ratified ILO's Convention 189, providing numerous labor rights and other protections to millions of domestic workers across the world, 82%…
“The launch of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party is a declaration of war”
General Secretary of NUMSA Irvin Jim discusses the challenges to trade unions today in South Africa and the creation of the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party
Why are South African plastic sector workers on strike?
The workers have been on a strike since October 15, having successfully consolidated participants from across the country in a National #PlasticsShutdown.
South African working class anxious over new ‘pro-rich’ finance minister
Tito Mboweni was formerly Governor of the Reserve Bank and is known for implementing anti-worker and neo-liberal policies in the country
33 Zimbabwean trade unionists arrested ahead of nation-wide protests
The police assaulted many union members before arresting the president and general secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions.
Abahlali baseMjondolo continues its struggle in the face of brutal repression
5,000 members of the movement marched in Durban on Monday to denounce state repression. Many activists of the movement have been assassinated over the past…
Swaziland: Working class continues to fight for democracy and rights
The landlocked nation of Swaziland in Africa is regularly witnessing strikes and protests as the people are rising up to assert their rights.
Abahlali baseMjondolo to march today against state repression
South Africa’s biggest social movement will hold protests to denounce the harsh assault by the state that has resulted in the assassination of its members…
Pan-Africanism conference charts course towards a socialist continent
The hundreds of delegates who met in Ghana held discussions on five major themes that are of prime importance in the struggle against capitalism and…
Activists remember slavery at Africa’s largest slave trading post
People’s movements took part in opening activity of Pan-Africanist conference in Ghana
Revoking the registration of Mediterranean migrant rescue ship put thousands of lives in peril
The ship was leased by SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières and was instrumental in saving the lives of around 10,000 refugees stranded at sea
