The Democratic Socialist Movement has been actively organising mineworkers disillusioned with the National Union of Mineworkers for years.
The calm prevailing at Dube Hostel hinges on whether the electricity problems it is experiencing can be fixed for good, according to hostel leaders.
Ever since grade three my isiZulu vocabulary has slipped further and further away from my tongue, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
Telling the real story behind the shocking killings on the koppie of Lonmin’s Marikana mine was never going to be easy, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
One thing to be said about Zuluboy is that his delivery is never lacklustre, regardless of the tempo of the beat.
The linchpin of Durban kwaito has solicited the help of his pals for his comeback album, The Headmaster.
Sindiso Nyoni believes artists have the power to address society’s ills with their work.
The circumstances surrounding Lonmin worker, Marvellous Mpofana’s death have led to rumours of murder, writes Kwanele Sosibo.
From who the most efficient lawyer is to whose testimony has been most emotive, Kwanele Sosibo relays an insider’s perspective of the inquiry.
The Farlam commission has revealed that the claim for R12 500 originated in extra-union bargaining. Kwanele Sosibo reports.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has refused to accept responsibility for the deaths of Lonmin security guards at the hands of striking workers.
Joseph Mathunjwa’s testimony that Lonmin spoke to workers outside of bargaining structures has been supported by the company’s legal counsel.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa has come under scrutiny at the Farlam commission over his agenda on the day of the Marikana massacre.
AMCU’s Joseph Mathunjwa was accused of misleading the police into believing that workers would disarm on the morning of August 16.
Amcu’s president Joseph Mathunjwa has made very little, if any, concessions during cross-examination at the Marikana commission.
A number of red T-shirt clad NUM supporters arrived at the Farlam commission to hear the second day of Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa’s testimony.
Amcu’s leader Joseph Mathunjwa has done very little talking at the Marikana commission. Yet when the dust settled, he emerged somewhat vindicated.
Amcu president Joseph Mathunjwa says ‘sinister forces’ were behind the August 10 action that culminated in the death of 34 people on August 16.
Sex workers in Rustenburg have complained about a police force that is a law unto itself. Kwanele Sosibo reports.
Bishop Johannes Seoka refused to retract his ‘strident’ remarks about the SAPS as he faced cross-examination at the Farlam commission of inquiry.
Bishop Johannes Seoka has come under fire at the Farlam commission and by a task team investigating his controversial decisions as a religious leader.
Previously unseen footage provided by police to the Farlam commission reveals orders given by airborne officials to police on the ground.
Video footage of events leading up to the August 16 shootings shown at the Farlam commission appears to have glaring and calculated omissions.
Like his initial interaction with the miners of Marikana, Bishop Johannes Seoka left the Marikana commission of inquiry as quickly as he appeared.
The Farlam commission of inquiry into the Marikana shootings heard further police evidence, which revealed police had rearranged weapons on the scene.
Anglican Bishop Jo Seoka’s recollection of the events of August 16 in Marikana visibly moved those in attendance.
Police testimony has revealed that police tied the hands of some of the wounded protesters after the shooting that left 34 miners dead near Marikana.
Speculation has been mounting about how high the apparent cover-up goes surrounding the alleged tampering with the crime scene in the massacre.
The latest police testimony at the inquiry into the Marikana massacre has continued to punch holes in the first few police witnesses.
There were more gut-wrenching scenes at the Farlam commission as police presented gruesome pictures of burnt, dismembered Lonmin security guards.
Photos shown at the Farlam commission seem to indicate police had tampered with the crime scene, planting weapons around the bodies of the miners.
Shaft committees from Anglo American Platinum met discreetly in a Rustenburg park to discuss ways of adding impetus to their seven-week strike action.