Articles for Liezl Human
People’s lives are “not our responsibility” says NEHAWU leader
Hospitals disrupted as public sector strike intensifies
Vincent Lali, Chris Gilili, Liezl Human, Tariro Washinyira, Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik, Thamsanqa Mbovane, and Mkhuseli Sizani
News | 8 March 2023
No money for water and toilets at Khoisan occupation, MPs told
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure, which owns the land, plans to have a meeting with the community later this month
By Liezl Human
News | 8 March 2023
South African activists urge French parliament to stop TotalEnergies’ “ocean grab”
Company criticised for huge profits amidst climate crisis
By Liezl Human
News | 23 February 2023
People queue from 4am to sort out their UIF
Cape Town labour centre serves 600 people a day. Many of them keep having to return
By Liezl Human
News | 20 February 2023
Distell workers down tools and picket
Workers want minority union Solidarity to be recognised by employer
By Liezl Human
Brief | 7 February 2023
Final decisions on fishing rights only in October
Many fishers will be left stranded for months while waiting
By Liezl Human
News | 1 February 2023
UCT Employees Union threatens strike as negotiations deadlock
The trade union is the largest at the university, representing 1,200 staff
By Liezl Human
News | 26 January 2023
Video: This abalone farm is starting to thrive
Inside a partly community-owned perlemoen farm that’s now producing 60 tonnes of the pricey gastropods every year
By Ashraf Hendricks and Liezl Human
Video | 25 January 2023
Perlemoen farm gives hope to West Coast community
Doring Bay Abalone, 37% owned by the community, produces about 60 tonnes of abalone per year, mostly to legally export to China.
Text by Liezl Human. Photos by Ashraf Hendricks.
News | 24 January 2023