Farm workers demanded changes to land distribution and a moratorium on evictions from farms. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks About 200 farm workers marched to Parliament on Friday to demand agrarian reform. The march was organised by the Women on Farms Project (WFP) and the Rural Women’s Assembly. The marchers handed over a memorandum addressed to Minister of Agriculture Thoko … [Read more...] about Farm workers march to Parliament to demand major reform
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Eastern Cape farm families plead for access to electricity and water
Some of the farm dwellers in Alexandria who attended the dialogue on Friday with representatives from the Sundays River Valley Workers Forum, Agri-Eastern Cape, Alexandria Farmers Union and the Sundays River Valley Municipality. This follows complaints that some farmers are withholding access to electricity and water, while others apparently charge unaffordable fees to people … [Read more...] about Eastern Cape farm families plead for access to electricity and water
Gomora in Joburg is where dreams go to die
Tshiamo Mancho lives in a tiny room with her three-year-old son. Photos: Kimberly Mutandiro Tshiamo Mancho wears a patch over her left eye socket. An eye cancer patient, she had the eye removed in 2019 and is currently being treated at Helen Joseph Hospital. She and her toddler son live in a tiny room in “Gomora”, a ruined old building in inner-city Johannesburg. Despite the … [Read more...] about Gomora in Joburg is where dreams go to die
Millions to be spent to complete abandoned Lottery-funded projects
This abandoned drug rehabilitation centre in Kuruman, Northern Cape, is one of the projects that will finally be completed. Archive photo: Raymond Joseph The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) has allocated nearly R65-million to finish Lottery-funded projects where tens of millions of rands were looted. New funds are to be paid directly to engineers commissioned by the NLC … [Read more...] about Millions to be spent to complete abandoned Lottery-funded projects
Homeless: “I never grew up to stand by a robot with a board”
About ten people live on this corner in Observatory, Cape Town. The city’s homeless population has grown massively over the past few years. Photos: Ashraf Hendricks With South Africa’s economy staggering, and two in every five adults unemployed, “villages” of homeless people are springing up in South Africa’s cities as increasing numbers of people find themselves on the street. … [Read more...] about Homeless: “I never grew up to stand by a robot with a board”
