About 60 people attended a Human Rights Day event organised by the South Africa Refugee-Led Network at Bertha house on Tuesday. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks Refugee organisation leaders were encouraged to work together and speak with one voice at an event commemorating Human Rights Day held at Bertha House, Cape Town, on Tuesday. The South Africa Refugee-Led Network (SARLN) has a … [Read more...] about Refugee organisations in South Africa encouraged to speak with one voice
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Protesters block roads in Dunoon with burning tyres and rubble
Potsdam Road in Dunoon was blocked by protesting community members on Tuesday. Photos: Peter Luhanga While the country observed Human Rights Day on Tuesday, about 300 protesters from informal settlements in Dunoon, Cape Town, blocked Potsdam Road and Malibongwe Drive by strewing litter and stones and burning tyres. They were protesting against the City of Cape Town’s crackdown … [Read more...] about Protesters block roads in Dunoon with burning tyres and rubble
Facebook rapist: Deputy Minister was informed by warden that Thabo Bester escaped
Government appears to have been informed nine months ago that Thabo Bester escaped. Illustration: Lisa Nelson On 11 June 2022, a prison warden at Mangaung Correctional Center sent an email to the Deputy Minister of Correctional Services, Phathekile Holomisa, asking: “Are you aware that the inmate who ‘allegedly’ burnt to death at Mangaung Correctional Center was supposedly … [Read more...] about Facebook rapist: Deputy Minister was informed by warden that Thabo Bester escaped
No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement
Shack dwellers in Zinzi informal settlement, Khayeltisha, protested on Friday and Saturday over lack of services. They said they would have continued to protest were it not for a police presence. Photos: Vincent Lali About 280 families live in Zinzi informal settlement in Khayeltisha, established at the height of the Covid pandemic in July 2020. They live without toilets, … [Read more...] about No water, electricity or toilets for 280 families in Khayelitsha informal settlement
Nontsikelelo Zwedala: an unsung hero of the struggle for HIV medicines
Left: Nontsikelelo Zwedala and her son Thobile on a pamphlet of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre from the 2000s. Right: A TAC pamphlet in 2001, with a photo of Nontsikelelo (left, top), calling for a global day of action against pharmaceutical companies that had taken the South African government to court. Nontsikelelo Zwedala, an activist at the forefront of the Treatment Action … [Read more...] about Nontsikelelo Zwedala: an unsung hero of the struggle for HIV medicines
