By Sarah | April 19, 2012
The Guardian, 19 April 2012
A South African miner who claims he contracted tuberculosis as a result of digging gold on behalf of Anglo American will use the FTSE 100 company’s annual meeting on Thursday to demand compensation.
Daniel Seabata Thakamakau, 66, will represent more than 1,200 former miners who are suing Anglo American for allegedly failing to provide protection from dangerous levels of dust created by deep-level gold mining between the 1960s and 1990s. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | April 7, 2012
TUC, 7 April 2012
Ahead of a day of action by Swazi democrats and trade unionists on 12 April, the TUC has joined international trade union protests at the deregistration of the newly merged Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), which held its founding conference only a month ago. General Secretary Brendan Barber has protested to the Swazi High Commissioner in London, as well as to the Commonwealth Secretary General, reiterating the Commonwealth Trade Union Group’s demand that Swaziland be suspended from the Commonwealth for human and trade union rights abuses. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | April 2, 2012
By Denis Goldberg – Rivonia trial No 3 Accused
In a short article one cannot trace 100 years of history in detail. This is an interpretation of some moments in the history of the oldest still functioning liberation movement on the African continent.
As a liberation movement the promise of a democratic non-racist, non-sexist state under the rule of law with constitutional sovereignty rather than parliamentary sovereignty is the implementation of the promises of a progressive constitution that is the furtherance of the process of liberation. As the ruling party the ANC has the task of upholding the constitutional rights of all, including the former beneficiaries of apartheid, and at the same time of implementing the rights of the historically oppressed to redistribution of the land, of natural resources and the economic and social benefits guaranteed by the constitution. This has turned out to be a tricky balancing act as the country seeks to resolve these conflicts. Let us go back in history. Furthermore, combating poverty requires the economy to grow at 6 to 8 per cent every year just to maintain current levels of income while building the social infrastructure for education, health, transport and so on. Read the rest of this entry »
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By admin | December 7, 2011
Morning Star, 5 December
If you were asked what you knew about Swaziland, what would be your response? What do you know about this small country of less than a million people located between Mozambique and South Africa?
As the Scottish Trades Union Congress delegate on a recent ACTSA visit to southern Africa, I had little knowledge of Swaziland. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Mark | December 6, 2011
Zimbabwe police detained a leading media rights activist on Tuesday in what analysts said was a new crackdown on critics of President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party before possible general elections next year. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | November 2, 2011
Times of Swaziland, 2 November 2011
It was second time unlucky for labour unions as they were yet again blocked by police led by Regional Commander Richard Mngometulu.
Barely 24 hours after an encounter where they were stopped from staging a prayer at the Lutheran Church, they were stopped from delivering a petition to the High Court. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | October 26, 2011
IRIN PlusNews Global, 25 October 2011
Swazi HIV activists are up in arms over pending aviation guidelines that will stop people living with HIV from ever piloting an aircraft.
“This is pure discrimination, and if the rule is enforced it will be challenged on constitutional grounds prohibiting such bigotry,” said Helen Dlamini, a human rights activist in the central commercial town of Manzini, site of Swaziland’s only airport. Read the rest of this entry »
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By Sarah | October 14, 2011
Times of Swaziland, 10 October 2011
Human rights stakeholders have informed the United Nations Human Rights Periodic Review team that the 1973 decree still exists and have called for its abolishment.
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By Info | October 7, 2011
Bulawayo24 NEWS, 4 October 2011
A MASS grave believed to contain the remains of up to 60 victims of the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres has been discovered at a Lupane school. Read the rest of this entry »
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By admin | September 14, 2011
Pretoria News, 14 September
School principals in Swaziland on Tuesday shut down many of the nation’s schools on the first day of the new term, demanding that the government pay outstanding fees meant to ensure free public education. Read the rest of this entry »
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