Queues outside shops, banks and post offices despite rules against overcrowding
In Carletonville on 1 April 2020, payment of child support social grants contravened many of the crowd prohibitions as stated by the President of South Africa and the Lockdown Regulations. SASSA announced on 26 March 2020, that it would pay social…
“Lets help our children during COVID-19”
Monica Mahlangu of Khutsong, Ext 1, is a worried mother of two – a girl (15) and a boy (25) – because she feels parents cannot know whether their children are at risk of being badly affected by COVID-19. Speaking on this, Mahlangu told Karibu! that she does not “want to make assumptions about children…
Coronavirus Poem
Who am I?
What am I?
Where do I come from?
What do I want?
My name is Coronavirus
Some of you call me COVID-19…
Coronavirus and ‘race’ – Why the one’s most harshly affected by COVID-19 worldwide are disproportionately Black and Brown
COVID-19 is raging throughout the entire globe, and all politicians of the bourgeois establishment…
Building Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19
Khanya College Report – March 2020 Pandemics and natural disasters demonstrate clearly the social divisions, the social inequality, the quality of the political leadership of a country and the compassion in any society. COVID-19 or the coronavirus outbreak comes at a time when the working class in South Africa has been significantly…
Radio 786 Interview on COVID-19 & the Political Economy of SA
“Director of Khanya College, Oupa Lehulere is interviewed on Radio 786 about COVID-19 and the political economy of South Africa, following his presentation in a recent webinar organised by ILRIG. To listen to this presentation, please click here
With the easing of the lockdown the ANC government is gambling with lives!
The South African state imposed a brutal lockdown without putting in place any effective social security and food protection for the masses. Obviously in this context the masses were going to starve and resist this starvation, and have resisted. Using the genuine frustration…
Down with excessive pricing!!
On Saturday, 18 April 2020, I bought surgical face masks, costing R19.95 each, from Dis-Chem in Park Meadows. Then five days later on 23rd April I bought the same surgical face masks at Dis-Chem, but this time from the Eastgate…
GIWUSA Demands Immediate Shutdown of Clover SA Bloemfontein Plant After Confirmed COVID-19 Infections of Workers
General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (GIWUSA) demands the immediate closure and shutdown of all operations at clover sa’s…
UIF TERS Amendments – Bosses must pay workers who are on lockdown
The COVID-19 Temporary Employee/Employer Relief Scheme (TERS)
Latest amendments to the COVID-19 TERS regulations say bosses must pay workers who lose wages because of the coronavirus lockdown. Bosses…
