Wages in the clothing industry in South Africa
This is a debate between Professors Nicoli Nattrass and Jeremy Seekings and the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU).
GroundUp Staff
News | 14 February 2013
Allegations of abuse in clothing factories
Workers in Kwazulu-Natal clothing factories have made allegations of abuse against factory owners in affidavits provided to GroundUp.
Issa Saunders
News | 13 February 2013
Early ANC election salvoes backfire
The government has loosed off the first major salvoes of the 2014 election campaign
— and all of them have backfired. That is one labour movement view of three
official announcements over the past ten days.
Terry Bell
Opinion | 13 February 2013
Continued existence of shacks is a real scandal
Yet another shack fire has devastated the BM section of Khayelitsha. On New Years morning fires raged through the community, leaving about 4,000 people homeless and killing at least four. The responses from authorities to what has now become a routine occurrence in the area have been mixed.
Ben Fogel
Opinion | 13 February 2013
Nyanga residents march against man who posted nude pictures of woman on Facebook
A group of women marched to a house in Mau-Mau, Nyanga, to confront a man they accuse of posting nude pictures of a woman, his girlfriend, on Facebook.
Mary-Anne Gontsana
News | 13 February 2013
Girl killed by train during gang fight
On 7 February a teenage Khayelitsha girl, Siyamthanda Mdunyelwa, was hit by a train while crossing the railway at about 7:30pm in order to escape from the police who were breaking up a gang fight.
Mihle Pike
News | 13 February 2013
Refuge for homeless boys opening in D-section Khayelitsha
A new refuge has opened in Khayelitsha D-section that will accommodate young homeless boys in and around Cape Town.
Mihle Pike
News | 13 February 2013
Ocean View man explains how he lives “Off the grid”
Ricardo Fortune explains how he has freed himself of Eskom and gone off the grid to power his house.
Janine Fortuin and Neo Sithole
News | 13 February 2013