Recognise reclaimers now!
“No more coffee and futile engagements around a boardroom table,” says African Reclaimers Organisation’s, Luyanda Hlatshwayo. Reclaimer integration in South …
In the Workplace
A compact that excludes key participants
Sandra Hlungwani asked Mbulaheni Mbodi’s view on the Eskom social compact. What is the Eskom Social Compact? This was supposed …
Extreme weather batters home-based workers’ livelihoods
Trade unions cannot ignore the plight of informal workers who could face more threats to their livelihoods from climate change …
“Government is ignoring us,” say informal street traders
Lulama Mali is an informal street trader in Johannesburg and a representative of the Johannesburg Informal Trader Platform (JITP). Since …
Bring vaccination sites to taxi ranks
Government is trying to up the numbers of people that have been vaccinated against Covid-19. In this video, taxi driver …
Partnering to tackle youth unemployment
The President announced the Presidential Youth Employment Intervention (PYEI) in February 2020. It promises a new approach to the problem …
Support needed for decent care labour in South Africa’s health system*
The burden of care work and social reproduction falls on women, says Khwezi Mabasa, but despite the critical role women …
Rights without rights
The tragic consequences of informality in the domestic sector during the Covid-19 Pandemic Statistics South Africa reported that over 25% …
Uber Eats gets indigestion
In December 2020 during the COVID pandemic Uber Eats’ couriers downed tools in the first ever national ‘platform’ strike in …
“How do you smile at patient number 200?” The #Care4carers campaign in South Africa
This conversation was first published in the Global Labour Column where Fikile Dikolomela-Lengene (who is in quarantine) spoke about the …