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The lion of the Lowveld
The people of Matsulu, a village next to the Kruger National Park, can sometimes hear the lions roaring at night — but do they know that...
The best news of the year
It’s been a bad year so far. The government is on the attack like never before. In February they banned 17 organisations. They have...
A hunger for freedom
Few people are tough enough to go without food for 33 days. Only the strongest are ready to die of hunger for something they believe in....
A bitter pill to swallow
It is 9 o’clock in the morning. The trade union officials are walking up and down outside a big hall at Wits University. They check the...
Working with poison
Deep in the forests of Natal where nobody can see her, you will find Maria Sibiya hard at work with a tank of poison on her back. Like...
A union born in prison
You could say that organising people is in Jerry Nxgjola’s blood. Even when trade union organiser Nxgjola was sentenced to six years in...
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