‘Omicron’ the new Covid-19 variant: What is it all about?
Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and NewClick’s Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkayastha discuss the new variant, Omicron and the precautions necessary to stop its greater spread
Trial of Abahlali baseMjondolo militants continues despite crumbling case
The proceedings in the case against Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM) militants Mqapheli George Bonono, Siniko Miya and Maphiwe Gasela will continue on Monday. Just last week, in a related matter, three AbM members were released after the case against them was dropped
Community at the heart of hunger struggle in South Africa
Communal gardens and farming enterprises are the beginning of sustainable food sovereignty in South Africa, but a basic income grant is essential to address hunger in the shorter term.
Workers at BHP-owned Escondida mine in Chile set to go on strike and other stories
Today we look at an upcoming strike by workers at Chile’s Escondida mine, the dispute between unions and employers amid wage talks in South Africa, and more
Zuma arrest sparks unrest in South Africa amid rising hunger and poverty and other stories
Today we look at the crisis in South Africa amid worsening poverty and hunger, the links between the US, Colombia, and the suspects arrested in the assassination of Jovenel Moise, and more
Durban food riots turn the wheel of history
South Africa’s social crisis has erupted as the people Cyril Ramaphosa and Jacob Zuma deem expendable, those who bear the brunt of the past and of the social costs of Covid-19, appropriate the bread of life.
Prison is a university for activists, says Abahlali’s George Bonono who was released on bail
George Bonono spoke to Peoples Dispatch about the conditions in prison and reminisced about the struggles of the shack-dwellers movement’s eKhenana occupation.
Bail plea hearing of Abahlali’s George Bonono postponed; movement calls charges a pack of lies
Shack-dwellers movement Abahlali baseMjondolo has claimed that the state is buying time by seeking postponements as it has no evidence against George Bonono and two other members accused of conspiring to commit murder
Global cry to demand release of South African activists
Leaders from Abahlali baseMjondolo were imprisoned and slapped with serious charges on May 4 in what activists call a politically motivated farce
South African students intensify protests against historical debt
Since March 15, students across SA have been on the streets to implement a shut down of all higher education institutions, intensifying their protest against historical debt
Wits University protest: ‘There was no threat to shoot’
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate is examining police violence at a student protest in Braamfontein that led to the fatal shooting of Mthokozisi Ntumba
“It is the capitalist system that breeds no respect for workers’ rights”
The general strike called by the South African Federation of Trade Unions saw workers across the country stand up for their rights and demand an end to exploitation by the capitalist system
- Moroccans protest normalization of ties with Israel
- Rights organizations call for renewed probe into possible war crimes in Yemen
- Saudi Arabia extensively lobbied to derail war crimes probe in Yemen, says report
- Pakistani parliament member and Pashtun leader Ali Wazir gets bail but to remain behind bars
- Latin America and the Caribbean is the region where hunger has grown the most in the world, says the UN
