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Ex-president Zuma’s son, Duduzane, auditions in front of South African big business
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (863+ words) Last month, newly appointed First Deputy President of the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP), Duduzane Zuma, auditioned before South Africa’s ruling class at the BizNews Conference. The MKP’s base is found primarily in the province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), which is mostly…...
Fiji’s Vatukoula goldminers receive a paltry payout after 35-year battle
3+ week, 3+ day ago (1217+ words) According to Fijian media, a majority of 368 former workers of the Vatukoula gold mine, which closed in 2006, have received the final tranches of $FJ25,000 ($US11,320) in phased payments relating to a dispute that stretches back 35 years. The payouts are a settlement of…...
SEP condemns police intimidation of WSWS reporter in Sri Lanka
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (772+ words) The Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka condemns the attempt by Kayts police to threaten World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) reporter Dinesh Heymaal with arrest following his coverage of a fishermen’s protest and subsequent media event at Kurikattuwan Jetty,…...
The deadly Atlantic route: Over 140 people die while fleeing from West Africa to Europe
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (778+ words) The people on board the overcrowded refugee boat endured a hellish journey. Just 10 days after setting sail from Bafuloto, a town in Gambia, they had run out of food and water and were forced to drink seawater. Many women, men…...
Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific
2+ mon, 6+ hour ago (1498+ words) Thousands of South Korean public sector workers rallied in central Seoul on July 4, demanding direct negotiations with the government over wages, staffing and the restructuring of public institutions. The unions are demanding formal labour-government negotiations, the immediate creation of a…...
Nearly 25,000 migrants flee South Africa amid xenophobic violence
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (521+ words) Over the past month, nearly 25,000 migrants have fled South Africa amid xenophobic violence and pogroms. Thousands more have slept outside consulates, government offices, and border posts in the desperate hope of repatriation. Governments across the African continent, including Malawi, Zimbabwe,…...
Tanzanian regime bans Gen-Z Saba Saba protests, deploys army and police
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (548+ words) President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s Tanzanian government has banned all political rallies and demonstrations ahead of nationwide protests called for Tuesday July 7, Saba Saba Day, the anniversary of the 1954 founding of the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), predecessor of the ruling…...
Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1694+ words) Thousands of public service workers stopped work June 23, and hundreds protested in the Belgian capital, Brussels against austerity measures, job cuts and the continued underfunding of essential public services. The strike and demonstration, organised by public sector unions and social…...
Africa’s billionaires and the causes of the continent’s poverty
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (728+ words) Africa’s four richest billionaires own $57.4 billion—more than the combined wealth of half the continent’s 1.5 billion population Extreme inequality within Africa is replicated between Arica and the rest of the world. Most of Africa’s wealth ends up outside the continent,…...