Locating our struggles for environmental justice and protecting our human rights through forcing mining companies to comply with legal guidelines and to work with communities on the issues concerning our livelihoods within the greater struggle for economic freedom, as poor and rural mine affected communities, is a critical call to action for mobilizing and organizing the youth around understanding the importance of having our voices heard through solidifying our collective power as communities as we’re burdened with the responsibility to carry the baton forward towards realizing socio-economic justice in our lifetime and protecting our homes.
Posts published in “Opinion”
Despite the overwhelming case, the judgment of the court can still go either way. One thing is clear: it is not the law that is going to decide the merits of the case but class and imperialist politics.
The judges are appointed based on imperialist considerations of their governments, and the decision of the court will require the UN Security Council made up of government representatives to enforce it anyway.
Carlos Djedje devoted his life to fighting for peace, freedom, and justice. The Tshwane born musician passed away recently from illness. Veteran journalist and friend…
One young girl shared a horrifying account of her own life, which has haunted me ever since.
She endured the invasion of her home, witnessing the brutal rape and murder of her grandmother, and was left with both physical and emotional scars, including herpes and severe trauma.
The University of South Africa recently hosted the 14th Es’kia Mphahlele Memorial Lecture in Polokwane. Malesela Maubane reflects on proceedings On Monday 16 October 2023…
Malombo music’s legendary drummer and percussionist Julian Bahula passed away recently after a long battle with cancer. New generation musician Azah Mphago who was inspired…
If Gatsha Buthelezi was a ‘statesman’, ‘peacemaker’ and ‘opposed to Apartheid’, what were those who died in his hands?
The massacre graphically revealed that a black majority-constitutional democratic state, like its racist white military-police state predecessor, is an organised system of oppression at the core of which, is an armed apparatus for violent repression, that guard and defend the profits, and private property of the capitalist class.
Celebrated statesman and human rights champion Nelson Mandela was renowned for his principled stand against human rights violations and violators. But recent developments suggest his…
In this respect, women bear the brunt of these arrests as they still play a central role in running their domestic affairs. Spending prolonged periods in detention means they leave behind families and children without anyone to look after them. In most cases, women artisanal miners are family heads and bread winners.