Fighting Xenophobia and Discrimination in our Schools
From the 31st March to the 1st of April the Learner Representative Forum hosted a workshop that aimed to deal with the issues of xenophobia […]
DEBATES & OPINIONS
Youth Activism works!
In three general elections the people of South Africa including the youth have been promised free education, jobs, free water and housing. Election after election young […]
Opening doors of Learning and Culture
The Education Rights Project is an important initiative by the Wits Education Policy Unit. It is a tool to educate and help communities organise around […]
The right to Build Links Between School and Community
In the past few months education struggles have become the focus of the Bophelong community. The community joins many other communities and organisations in Gauteng […]
KC JOURNAL NO 6 JUNE 2004 – Barometer of student struggles: June to August 1976
Date Province / City Comments 13 June 1976 Transvaal, Soweto About 400 students attend a meeting in Orlando. At the meeting, Tsietsi Mashinini (a 19-year-old-leader) of […]
KC JOURNAL NO 6 JUNE 2004 – Barometer of Student struggles: 1968 to 2004
Date Province/City Comments 1 February 1968 Natal, Nongoma Students at Nongoma Vocational Training School boycott classes because they are dissatisfied with food. One first year and […]
DEBATING WSF-Mumbai and Social Movementsin South Africa
The year 2004 has up to now (April 2004) been marked by three key developments of significance for the social justice movement in South Africa. […]
The World Social Forum in Mumbai a Festival of the Masses
Mondli Hlatshwayo and Oupa Lehulere* reflect on the WSF in Mumbai, and argue that Mumbai marks an important step in the international regroupment of left forces.
THE AFRICAN SOCIAL FORUM : A Site of Struggle?
George Dor* argues that the future of the ASF lies in building strong social movements, and in countering careerist tendencies now dominant in the forum.
Leila Khaled Speaks
Leila Khaled* spoke to Mondli Hlatshwayo on the Palestinian people’s struggle against Zionism, her politics, the armed struggle, and on South Africa-Israel relations.