OXFAM

Shake up institutions controlling the economy to dislodge inequality

Article Eddie Rakabe - 5 Feb 2020

The state uses policies and regulations to drive socioeconomic change, but market bias dominates

More than 1 000 dead in DRC Ebola epidemic

Africa Agency - 4 May 2019

The current outbreak is the second deadliest on record, after an epidemic killed more than 11 300 people in West Africa in 2014-2016

The human cost of fast fashion

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 13 Mar 2019

Oxfam report reveals 100% of workers surveyed at Bangladeshi factories which make clothes for H&M and Cotton On are unable to make ends meet.

Editorial: Wealthy must pay their taxes and cut the crap

Article Editorial - 1 Feb 2019

'We are trapped in a vortex in which nothing really changes'

World’s 26 richest own same as poorest half of humanity — Oxfam

Article Nina Larson - 22 Jan 2019

A new report from the charity was published ahead of the World Economic Forum in Davos

NGOs launch legal action against France over climate

Article Catherine Hours - 18 Dec 2018

The NGOs allege that France, where greenhouse gas emissions rose again in 2015, has not met its short-term climate objectives

Scramble for minerals leaves rural families homeless

Article Lucas Ledwaba - 27 Jul 2018

Rural dwellers displaced in the pursuit of corporate profits lose far more than just their land

Would-be Xolobeni miner has ‘broken’ West Coast promises

Article Raeesa Pather - 26 Apr 2018

A new report by Oxfam shows how the mine allegedly breached the terms of its mining rights agreement

It’s not just Xolobeni: What the Australian mining company did in the Western Cape

Article Raeesa Pather - 24 Apr 2018

A new report by Oxfam reveals the company’s poor track record in a South African community

MSF reveals sex abuse cases as Oxfam scandal widens

Article Staff Reporter - 15 Feb 2018

French group Doctors Without Borders is the latest to join in the scandal over sexual abuse in the foreign aid industry

UK aid chief warns charities after Oxfam sex scandal

Africa Dario Thuburn - 14 Feb 2018

The scandal led to the resignation of Oxfam's deputy head and has thrown into question government funding of roughly £32 million for the charity

More billionaires but wealth gap between rich and poor widens

Article Thulebona Mhlanga - 23 Jan 2018

In South Africa, growth in 2017 went to the top 1% most wealthy people and nothing to the bottom 50%

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20th Edition of the National Teaching Awards

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Teachers are seldom recognised but they are indispensable to the country's education system

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Awards affirm the vital work that teachers do

Thabo Mohlala - 23 Mar 2020

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2020 Humanities Award winners reflect a contribution to diversity and social justice, echoing South Africa’s socioeconomic condition

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