Author: Media for Justice
Government Sponsored houses at the centre of fraud and corruption in West bank – Western Cape
Report by citizen journalist: Luthando Vikilahle A community near Cape Town is shocked and in despair after discovering that many of its members are being evicted from houses they had purchased a…
“South Africa is Burning.”
By: Gillian Schutte ‘The country is burning’. ‘ Burning frustration.’ ‘Hot Headed protestors burn houses’. These are the headlines that abound about the many protests that are currently erupting around South Africa.
Victims of witch-hunts in South Africa are ignored.
By: Damon Leff A recent MWEB radio advert and the response from City Press demonstrated how human rights abuses resulting from accusations of witchcraft in South Africa are dismissed in favour of…
Kagiso Community Struggle against Australian Gold Mining Outfit – MINTAILS
Photo by Gillian Schutte: Mintails Mine put up a flimsy tape to prevent children from playing on uranium poisoned mine dumps. Films by Sipho Singiswa.
An Activist’s Manifesto for 2014: Ten Social Justice Issues to Champion
By: Gillian Schutte Pic: Media for Justice/Gillian Schutte The fanfare at the beginning of a New Year is usually celebratory and full of hope. This celebration is a way for people to…
A is for Apartheid – a response to Mike Van Graan
By Sabelo Kotswana Pic: Wikipedia I have to admit, when I read Mike van Graan’s article, I jumped into the list of items he mentioned. By the time I reached E, I…
The Education ‘Struggle’ – A Struggle for Mediocrity
By Nduduzo Msibi: “If a man walks a thousand miles through a desert; barefoot, without food nor water, and finally arrives at a destination where he onlyfinds one serving of toxic food…
Don’t call me by my slave name.
By Sabelo Kotswana: I recently visited a doctor in Milnerton. The purpose of my visit was largely to establish contact with a doctor in Cape Town, having recently moved from Johannesburg.