Home is where the power is: The Saltuba Cooperative
If every one of the 16 million households in South Africa put solar panels on their rooftops, they could supply …
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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 …
Public transport can reduce emissions and inequality
While public transport was largely absent from the official conference programme of COP26, on the civil society fringe, trade unions, …
A just transition to a sustainable food system
While transforming the energy sector is viewed as the core of the just transition, transforming the food system is equally …
Informal workers empower themselves around climate change
The International Federation of Workers’ Education Associations (IFWEA) is running a 3-year on-line project for mainly informal workers on the …
“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 …
The sparks that lit the tinderboxes
In the aftermath of the wanton destruction, looting and violence that played out across KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng in July …