solidarity

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[…]

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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,[…]

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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[…]

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Eskom strike comes to an end

A two-week long strike by Eskom workers came to an end last night as the National Union of Mineworkers and Solidarity inked a wage deal. This is according to Solidarity, which says the agreement is its best with the utility ever. In a statement released on Friday morning, the union[…]

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4 SABC journalists fired

Four of the SABC journalists who were suspended or faced disciplinary hearings were fired on Monday possibly because they approached the Labour Court, their lawyer said. “We will argue [in the court] on Thursday that the reason for them being dismissed is that they pursued their rights in terms of[…]

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Support World Keffiyah Day

Supporters of the Palestinian struggle will don the black and white checked Palestinian scarf on Wednesday on World Keffiyeh Day. The day of solidarity is marked globally on the 11 May 2016. The Keffiyeh which is a traditional Arabian black and white scarf is a symbol of solidarity with the[…]

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Police suspect arson after Corsica Mosque

Corsica mosque experience serious damages overnight to Sunday in what prosecutors said was likely to have been a deliberate arson attack. The masjid that is the largest prayer hall in the French capital experienced no  injuries during the fire. Police suspected criminal involvement after discovering that there were two separate sources of fire inside[…]

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On Palestine: Be warned of solidarity capture

OPINION by Iqbal Jassat As South Africa emerged from the annual calendar event known as #IsraelApartheidWeek (IAW), the country has plunged into an abyss of shame following huge controversies arising from allegations of “state capture”. Dark, threatening clouds gathered around the Presidency and the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to come[…]

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SAPS, Solidarity tight-lipped on conditions of promotions deal

For almost 18 months, three members of trade union Solidarity halted the promotion of more than a thousand police officers after questioning the rationale behind them. The members complained that they were being discriminated against and wanted the methodology used to be changed. “On 28 February 2013, Solidarity launched an[…]

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