By: David Van Wyk Modern South Africa started off in 1652 as the product of a mercantile monopoly company, the Dutch East India Company which landed at the Cape to establish a
Teachers Notes: Right to Clean Environment
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If You can Feed a Dog, Surely, You can Feed a Child
By: Selogadi Ngwanangwato Mampane The South African charity Feed a Child, recently produced an advertisement juxtaposing the issues of food insecurity many South African children face, with the
Platinum Belt Miners Celebrate Victory
Text by: Gillian Schutte (Media for Justice) Films by: Sipho SIngiswa (Media for Justice) The stadium in Phokeng outside Rustenberg exploded in jubilation when the end of the longest strike in South…
Mr X – An Exercise in Deflection of Justice and State Savagery?
By: Gillian Schutte The mysterious Mr X has been testifying against the striking miners at the Farlam Commission for the past two months in which he claimed the miners
A Political Overview of the Current Situation – Some questions for the left in South Africa
By: David Van Wyk 2014 was born in class struggle. Mineworkers on the Platinum Belt immediately resumed the struggle for a living wage. This struggle is now in its third year.