A R100, 000 house, bought 30 years ago with a 10.5 percent per annum home loan from any of South Africa’s banks would cost, after 360 instalments, a grand total of R329, 300 [[i]].

First and foremost, I would like to express my sincere belief that people of Ethiopian heritage hold great hope in the democratic vision and leadership you have demonstrated in the short time that you have been in office.

As we celebrate the 100th birthday of Nelson Mandela and his contribution to the defeat of apartheid in South Africa, as well as the inspiration he still holds for oppressed people around the world, we must remember to also celebrate the 50th anniversary of the South African Students’ O

On 30 and 31 May 2018, we witness a near complete shutdown of farming operations in citrus production area of the Sundays Rive Valley municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, as workers went on strike.

This comes after a one-day national strike on the 25 April 2018 that saw the participation of more than the expected 7,500 workers in the strike in Johannesburg alone. The success of the strike cannot be disputed.

Introduction

On the 8th of November last year, residents of the Good Hope Settlement in Germiston attended the Land Summit called by Gauteng Member of the Executive Council (MEC) of Human Settlements Paul Mashatile.

The court sentenced Noura to be hanged in 15 days, and human rights organisations including Equality Now are campaigning for the Sudanese government to intervene.

The government claims the bills are intended to reduce the number of protracted, unprotected and so-called violent strikes.

Despite the propaganda of the ruling class in the United States and the entire capitalist world suggesting that the impact of the Great Recession of 2007-2010 has been completely reversed, poor and working people are still suffering from the lack of adequate employment, substandard education, hou