Annual Jozi Book Fair Festival: LITERATURE & SOLIDARITY IN TIMES OF CRISES
"Welcome to the 16th Annual Jozi Book Fair (JBF) Festival, on 18 -19 October 2024, at Newtown Park, in Newtown (Workers Museum). The Festival is FREE for the public! JBF is the only book Festival in South Africa that has..."
Read MoreStaff Enhance Accountability and Environmental Awareness with Plant Care Challenge
"Staff at Khanya College have taken up an interesting challenge, if you want, to care for plants. Each plant is of an individual's choosing. Of course, managing plants is a good exercise with a variety of benefits related to management...."
Read MoreGUIDELINE FOR SUBMISSIONS TO CoJ:
"Leila Khaled is a multiple living icon: for women’s emancipation; for the Palestinian struggle for human dignity and self-determination and for international solidarity and social justice. Khaled is held in high esteem in the Majority World and was embraced by..."
Read MoreRape Victim Struggles to Get Police to Help, Port Alfred Community Gets Involved
"A 24-year-old woman from Port Alfred, a small town in the Eastern Cape, has been hiding since 2017 following a brutal incident of sexual assault. On 15 September 2024 the victim who cannot be named due to legal procedures as..."
Read MoreSakha Kids Hosts Event on Cultural Diversity
"Sakha Kids held an event on 21 September 2024, in the Chiawelo community hall. Although the weather was bad, it did not stop the children coming in numbers to watch and performances. It was a day to remember. The children..."
Read MoreCornell Student Faces Deportation as Retaliation for Pro-Palestine Activism
"Cornell University has retaliated against graduate worker Momodou Taal following Palestine solidarity action and his leading role in organising efforts over the last year. A Cornell University graduate worker is facing deportation after being targeted by university officials for Palestine..."
Read MoreKhanya Staff Takes It Easy with a “Zine Training Program”
"Just a month ago, for one of the internal activities at the Khanya, the staff were exposed to a relaxing session with a group of Wits-based youthful art practitioners who evaluated the staff without them realising. When finally revealed, it..."
Read MoreKhanya College: A South African Story of Decolonisation
"Decolonisation and Africanisation may appear to be new ideas on South Africa’s higher education landscape. But a tertiary college established nearly 30 years ago shows that this is not the case. The story of Khanya College proves that decolonised learning..."
Read MoreEldorado Park and Surrounding Areas Hotspots for Substance Abuse
"The scourge of substance abuse and addiction continues in Eldorado Park and surrounding areas of Freedom Park, Kliptown, Klipspruit as well as Slovo Park and has now become a terrifying pandemic. The abuse of substances remains at the heart of..."
Read MoreMakanda Residents Unite Over Service Delivery
"On 28 August 2024 in Grahamstown now also known as Makanda, residents stood up and voiced out their concerns, they organised together with the community stakeholders and leaders from Unemployed Peoples Movement (UPM), Rhodes University and the Makana Citizen Front..."
Read MoreRising Gang and Drug Violence in Eldorado Park Schools Now a Norm
"Gang and drug violence has become a normal feature of learner life in Eldorado Park schools. Almost every week there are shootings at school related to gang and / or drug violence. Innocent victims pay the price of these activities..."
Read MoreParents Worry About Declining Treatment at Daycare
"The Children Daycare Centre has been nothing but a helping hand ensuring that each child is well cared for and is loved. The saying, “It takes a community to raise a child,” finds expression since by a certain age..."
Read More“My Voice for the Woman and Children are Voiceless”
"As we move closer to gender-based violence (GBV) awareness month near the end of November, yet another year is passing, and it seems we are losing more and more voices. We are suffocating and we are in tears, the number..."
Read MoreThe Marikana Struggle and the Argument for a Living Wage
"It’s several days after August has passed, South Africa marked 12 years since the brutal killing of 34 mineworkers in Marikana, Northwest, by the South African police. On that fateful day, a further 10 people were killed while a further 78..."
Read MoreA Celebration of Women and Mental Health Awareness
"On 23 August 2024, women gathered at the Tshepo Temba centre at Etwatwa, East Benoni, to celebrate themselves and indulge in conversations about mental health. The theme of the event was green, gold and white; these colours represent faith and..."
Read MoreHow self-compassion can help activists deal with stress
"Why are activists, who are so passionate about their social justice work, so often burned out by those very causes? We don’t often think about activism as a form of labour, but it is. Research on the activists that make
Read MoreBoycott of Mister Sweet products underway by 23 organisations from 6 provinces
"UPDATE: On 4 September 2024 Premier FMCG applied for an interdict against the strike. The interdict application will be heard on 10 September 2024. We, the 23 below organisations, from six provinces, declare that we are boycotting Mister Sweet products..."
Read MoreMister Sweet, Not So Sweet After All
"Workers at Mister Sweet in Wadeville have been on strike for two weeks, demanding a living wage of R19,500 per month. For ten years, many employees have been earning very low wages of around R6,000 to R7,000 per month. Despite..."
Read MoreThe 16th Jozi Book Fair: Literature and Solidarity in Times of Crises
"This year Khanya College will host its 16th Jozi Book Fair (JBF) from 18 to 20 October 2024. This special event, first held in 2009, brings readers, writers, activists, schools, working class communities, and progressives together on one platform to..."
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