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Local

Energy crisis National State of Disaster challenged by Solidarity

Trade union Solidarity has launched a legal challenge against the government’s decision to declare the energy crisis a National State of Disaster. During the State of the Nation Address (SONA) last week, President Cyril Ramaphosa declared a National State of Disaster as the country endures rolling blackouts amid the electricity crisis. Ramaphosa also announced his intent to appoint a Minister of Electricity in the Presidency to work with Eskom’s leadership […]

today15 February 2023

Local

Minister Sisulu urged to reconsider decision on Cuban engineers or head to court

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu has been given less than 24-hours to suspend her department’s Cuban engineer programme, or she may have to defend its rollout in court. The programme has courted controversy with trade union Solidarity threatening to go to court on Friday to obtain an interdict, forcing its suspension. Solidarity calls for suspension of the Cuban engineering programme Sisulu has brought in 24 Cuban engineers […]

today28 April 2021

Local

NPA to monitor criminal cases lodged against EFF leader Julius Malema

Civil rights organization AfriForum says it will be monitoring the NPA regarding the decisions it takes against EFF leader Julius Malema for inciting violence against police officers. Afriforum and trade union Solidarity have jointly lodged criminal charges at the Lyttelton police station against Malema. The organisations say they were approached by at least a thousand police officers with concerns over the threatening remarks made by Malema recently. Afriforum says it's […]

today26 November 2020

International News

World marks Quds Day with rallies in over 800 cities

Millions of people across Iran and other world countries are gathering for the International Quds Day rallies to show their solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israel’s decades-long occupation and atrocities. In Tehran and other cities and towns, people from all walks of life are taking to the streets for the annual event which falls on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. In Cape Town, a […]

today8 June 2018

Local

Mango strike ends

Mango has announced that the week-long wage-strike is over. On Thursday the airline had published a schedule for the affected flights on Friday 20 October 2017 - indicating that for some flights passengers would be accommodated on alternative airlines -see the updated flight schedule here. At 08:45 on Friday morning the airline posted a statement saying the airline's pilot group strike had concluded - however flights for Friday remain affected. […]

today20 October 2017

Local

Tumi Morake and Solidarity ‘agree to disagree’

JacarandaFM breakfast show co-hosts Tumi Morake and Martin Bester met with trade union Solidarity and "agreed to disagree" over the accusations of racism that the union launched against Morake. Some of Morake's comments during a debate on the show raised the ire of the union. She compared apartheid to a bully taking a child's bicycle and then the child being made to share the bicycle, post-apartheid. Solidarity rushed to the […]

today22 September 2017

News

SA politicians to join solidarity hunger strike

Anti-apartheid struggle veteran Laloo Chiba has appealed to all South Africans to participate in a 24-hour hunger strike on May 15 in support of Palestinian political prisoners. This comes as some 1500 Palestinian prisoners are on day twenty-four of their hunger strike demanding basic rights in Israeli jails. 86 year old Chiba, who already undertook a 24-hour hunger strike on May 3, encouraged "all freedom loving individuals" to support the #DignityStrikeSA campaign. […]

today11 May 2017

Events

IAW to intensify debate on Israeli policies

Israel's apartheid system will be placed firmly on the national agenda when the 13th Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) campaign kicks off from the 5th – 12 March. IAW is an annual international series of self-organized events held in over 250 cities, communities and campuses across the globe. The solidarity event raises awareness of Israel's apartheid policies towards the indigenous Palestinians. IAW is endorsed, in South Africa alone, by more than […]

today2 March 2017

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