An HIV-positive woman living in Cape Town claims that she was turned away at the hospital because she is a refugee. “I have no solution to the type of life I am leading. The bread winner in my family is…
Refugee woman’s struggle for access to chronic medication Read Post »
The South African Medical Association (SAMA) and public interest law firm SECTION27 are warning that the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) health system is in dire straits. On 5 May, over a thousand health workers marched in Durban to highlight the crisis. …
Medics protest as KZN health care system collapses Read Post »
“I called the 112 [emergency] number. I told them a guy got stabbed not far from my home. I gave them directions. The person I spoke to assured me that the ambulance was on its way,” Nandipha Sinaye. Sinaye lives…
Five hour wait for ambulance Read Post »
Families who are set to benefit from the Vulindlela Development Association (VDA) housing project in Pietermaritzburg have been waiting four years for their homes to be completed.The R2.1 billion housing…
Four years of waiting for housing Read Post »
Marikana today is a land of rock dust and muddy water, where thousands of people live in informal settlements without access to electricity, adequate sanitation facilities or running water. They are desperate and angry; it is exactly as it was…
Housing is a sensitive issue in Marikana Read Post »
A massive land occupation is underway in Town Two, Khayelitsha, near the Magistrates’ Court with hundreds of sites demarcated on the land. If the occupiers are successful, thousands of people will live on the privately owned land. The occupiers are…
Massive land occupation in Khayelitsha Read Post »
La Via Campesina Southern and Eastern Africa (LVC SEAf) members and allies from African, Asian and European countries met in Cape Town, South Africa, from 18-21 April to discuss the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of the Peasants and…
La Via Campesina Meet to discuss UN Declaration on Rights of Peasants Read Post »
Karabo Mokoena’s body was found burned beyond recognition in the veld in Johannesburg on the 19 May after Mokoena was reported missing by her family on 28 April. A few days later her boyfriend, Sandile Mantsoe was arrested and charged…
Public outcry against recent cases of gender based violence Read Post »
On 21 May 2017 Soweto Women’s Forum (SWF) held a community mass meeting at Naledi Hall in Soweto, Johannesburg and more than 35 women attended. Some of the issues that were addressed included the recent cases of taxi rapes, and…
Soweto women organise against gender violence Read Post »
This year Khanya College celebrates its 19th annual Winter School from 16-22 July 2017, at the House of Movements, in Johannesburg. The theme of the School is Challenges of building feminist organisations…
‘Feminise our organisations’ – 19th Khanya Winter School 2017 Read Post »
Several organisations based in the Gauteng area met in Johannesburg a number of times over the last few weeks to reflect on the situation facing the country at the moment, and discussed the need for working class organisations and social…
Call for an Assembly of Social Movements Read Post »
More than 2000 comrades from different unions attended the first Congress launching the new trade union federation, the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), held on 21-23 April 2017 at Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg, Gauteng. Speaking to Karibu!, Felecity…
Unions put their trust in SAFTU Read Post »
