Social Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI)
For survivors of Johannesburg building fire, justice must include dignified housing
While a commission is probing the uSindiso building fire, that killed 76, social justice organizations have amplified calls to address the severe lack of affordable housing
South Africa’s social movements lead resistance to organized xenophobia and state inaction
Since 2021, a ‘vigilante’ group called Operation Dudula has carried out actions targeting people perceived to be foreign nationals. A group of social movements, including the militant shack dwellers’ movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (AbM), have gone to court against Operation Dudula and the alleged complicity of the South African state
- Children in Gaza charred to death as Israel strikes displaced people’s tents in designated “safe zone”
- Farmers in Pakistan mobilize to demand fair prices and agrarian reform
- Moroccan dockworkers call for boycott of Maersk’s arms shipment to Israel
- Trump’s immigration authorities arrest US citizen
- Health systems in Europe are running on overtime
