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Siyabulela Mama
Siyabulela Mama is a member of the Water Crisis Committee and a researcher at The Centre for Post-School Education and Training, Nelson Mandela University.
Water crisis exposes whose lives matter
Gqeberha’s crisis is not simply about water scarcity. It is about whose lives matter, whose voices are heard and whether South Africa is willing to confront the unfinished…
Ramaphosa got the memo wrong: The crisis is in the municipal structure
Municipalities get 10% of the national budget and must raise revenue from service users, most of whom are the working class poor and unemployed
Goodyear closure demands a paradigm shift: Workers must take over factories
The new Transformation Fund for companies in distress as a result of Donald Trump’s tariffs should be transferred to workers
Water apartheid alive and well in Nelson Mandela Bay
Municipality guilty of discrimination as townships run dry while middle-class suburbs are unaffected by the crisis