Download PDF On 10 June 2023, a worker from Sitrusrand BoerderyIn Kirkwood, Eastern Cape got injured at work. She was a packer and on the day she slipped and fell, her hand got stuck in a machine. The machine cut her fingers on her right hand. She was badly injured and lost a lot of …
Download PDF Thank you for this opportunity to tell you about our toxic environment here in RIEMVASMAAK Bethelsdorp, Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. What is immediately toxic about our environment is the human excrement of faces and human urine. Our families have been living here for fifteen years. We are still using the bucket …
Download PDF Zanele Chabalala Zanele Chabalala is a very passionate activist from the Sisonke Revolutionary Movement in Orange Farm. She is the coordinator of the women’s forum that helps communities near and far alike with many of their discrepancies and basic needs like dustbins, water, electricity and many more. They are reaching a lot of …
Download PDF Mzwakhe Ntlakane Mzwakhe Ntlakane (26) was born on 10 September 1996, in Lesotho. In 1998 He moved to South Africa and currently lives in Protea South, in Soweto, South of Johannesburg. He attended primary school at Protea South Primary School and then later went to Altmont Technical High. He then joined The Perfect …
Download PDF The Ekhuruleni Pride Organising Committee (EPOC) was formed in 2008 by Ntupe Mohapi. Mohapi was motivated by the cruel killing of the Banyana Banyana captain Eudy Simelanei in Kwa-Thema, Ekhuruleni as a result of a hate crime. EPOC hosts dialogues with a very vast circle of people, educating the community about LGBTQIA+. The …
Download PDF South Africa has the best constitution in the world. The majority of the working class still face challenges in their workspace. One of the challenges being faced is a lack of knowledge of the Labour Act. One organisation that was formed from these challenges is the Simunye Worker’s Forum which was established on …
Download PDF Housing Assembly deals with housing issues. Their slogan is decent housing for all. They support people in different occupations. They also educate communities. They support people that get evicted from their homes in the informal settlement. The organisation is also involved in the campaign fighting for electricity. The reason the organisation was formed …
Download PDF Dear Maria, Khanya College and the participants from different parts of the country and elsewhere. This is to wish you a very successful and enjoyable Winter School. I have had the pleasure of being part of a few Winter Schools over many years and found the most memorable. Met and made many friends …
Download PDF Wednesday, 26 July 2023, belonged to the activists participating in the Winter School (WS) 2023. The day consisted of five different workshops, namely media, logistics, legal training, and theatre. These workshops were organised as part of preparing for a picket set to take place the next day, to protest and raise awareness about …
Download PDF Dear Comrades We have come to the end of an exciting, challenging and ground-breaking 24th annual Khanya College Winter School themed: Arm yourself with knowledge, and Organise! This has been the most youthful of all our Schools, with 63% of participants being under 38 years old, and almost 60% were women. It has …
Download PDF Dear Comrades Dear Khanya We know that the working class and poor in South Africa and indeed in our region and our continent are under attack and need to be resilient, resist and above all build organisation and movements. Allied to this need is the need to pause, reflect, analyse and plot a …
The 24th Khanya College winter school which consists of 56 activists from 26 organisation around South Africa organised a silent picket outside Constitution Court at Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg.