“The four-day truce between Israel and Hamas was set to expire on Tuesday morning. 33
Palestinian prisoners are set to be released on Monday. The truce between Israel and Hamas was extended by two more days on Monday,
November 27…”
“Holding placards written “#FixOurSchoolsNow” and “10 years of broken promises”, about 50 education activists picketed outside the Department of Basic Education in Pretoria on Wednesday. The group called on Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga to meet the legal obligations…”
“These are the speeches with calls for a ceasefire in Gaza that the BBC cut from the Scottish Bafta Awards ceremony. Some winners and nominees used their appearance on stage to voice solidarity with Palestinians during the awards event in…”
“A man in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently set himself alight as a sacrifice to draw the world’s attention to what is currently happening in the DRC. The unidentified man stood in front…”
“Hello Everyone, this is Bisan from Gaza and I’m still alive.” These are the words I have woken up to for 38 of the 40 days of onslaught on Gaza – two of which Bisan did not post and left many…”
“On the morning of November 10, a small group of South African activists shut down the main entrance to Paramount Group, the African continent’s largest arms trader, located in Gauteng, about 20 minutes north of Johannesburg. Chants of “free, free, Palestine”…
“Debating Ideas aims to reflect the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African continent and beyond. It offers debates and engagements, contexts and controversies…”
“The SWF won a victory against snack manufacturing giant Simba in the
Johannesburg Labour Court on 21 November, with Simba forced to withdraw
its bid for a permanent interdict against deemed permanent workers
together with permanent workers who went on…”
“The Democratic Republic of Congo is currently facing a humanitarian crisis as miners are forced to work under exploitative conditions which amounts to modern-day slavery. The mining industry, because of its high demand, is host to various human rights violations…”
“A young Palestinian rapper called MC Abdul has recently gone viral for his collection of emotive songs concerning the Israel and Hamas conflict. His music frequently centres on the plight of his compatriots and has written a number of hit…”
“The General Industries Workers Union of SA (GIWUSA) believes that the Cabinet decision to withdraw South Africa’s ambassador to Israel is wholly inadequate given the daily massacres of Palestinians that Israel is continuing to commit. The South African government seems…”
“Thirty-year-old Duaa Tariq was among the grassroots activists who helped organize peaceful mass protests in 2019 largely in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, that brought down the decade’s long dictatorship of former leader Omar al-Bashir — only to see a 2021 military…”