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Intersectional protest: Members of Extinction Rebellion and Red Rebels, as well as other local Cape Town environmental action groups, mobilised outside parliament last Friday, calling for climate action and environmental justice. (David Harrison/M&G)
AFRICA CLIMATE ALLIANCE

South Africa’s young climate strikers hit back at critics

Critics have accused the young climate activists of being divisive and unrepresentative; they say this simply isn’t true

  • Tunicia Phillips
6 min read
DEMONSTRATION

Students have a democratic and constitutional right to protest. It is not illegal

The police’s actions at student marches seem to contradict that fact

  • Bongekile Macupe
3 min read
Cosatu marched in Johannesburg in 2015. The labour federation plans to hold 13 marches in South Africa on Wednesday and has called on all employed people to join them. The marches are protected.
ANC

Cosatu’s nationwide stayaway is a stand against the ‘predatory elite’

Trade union federation Cosatu has called on all South Africans not to go to work on Wednesday in protest over state capture and corruption.

  • Govan Whittles
4 min read
Red light: The Economic Freedom Fighters marched to the JSE with a list of 17 demands.
EFF

Yes and no to EFF’s list of demands

Analysts say some of the requirements could be met successfully but others are non-starters.

  • Victoria John
7 min read
Patron saint: Randlord Sir Lionel Phillips and Lady Florence had their portraits painted by Giovanni Boldini. A smaller version of Portrait of Lady Phillips is in the South African National Gallery
GAY

Bravery spurs on Ermelo pride march

Lesbians have all too frequently been attacked, raped and murdered in small towns – including Ermelo.

  • Renugan Raidoo
3 min read
ANC

Khaya Dlanga: DA march a stunt to grab media attention

The DA could have marched to the Union Buildings if it was concerned about jobs. Instead it chose to endanger its members, writes Khaya Dlanga.

  • Khaya Dlanga Author
4 min read
What do the election lists doing the rounds mean for our democracy? The M&G’s Phillip de Wet talks us through it on our M&G Newsroom radio show.
DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE

Zille to lead DA march ‘for real jobs’

DA leader Helen Zille will lead her party members in a march for "real jobs" but will not be allowed to go directly to Luthuli House.

  • Genevieve Quintal
2 min read
Khayelitsha residents decided to take to the streets this week, before the country entered into a 21-day lockdown period.
CITY OF CAPE TOWN

City of Cape Town halts illegal march

A banned march on the City of Cape Town has been called off after the City was granted a court order to stop it from taking place.

  • Glynnis Underhill
3 min read
Satawu union members marched through the streets of Jo’burg to demand a wage increase for bus drivers.
BUS DRIVERS

Satawu calls for bus driver wage increase

Satawu union members marched through the streets of Jo’burg to demand a wage increase for bus drivers.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
The M&G’s Phillip de Wet takes us through the possible consequences of the DA’s violent march to Cosatu House.
COSATU MARCH

M&G analysis: Inside the DA march

The M&G’s Phillip de Wet takes us through the possible consequences of the DA’s violent march to Cosatu House.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read
The ANC has warned that the reception to the DA visit to Nkandla could be similar to that received by the DA earlier this year when it marched to the Cosatu headquarters in Johannesburg.
COSATU

Violent clashes in the streets of Johannesburg

Violence erupted when Cosatu would not allow the DA to approach their offices in Braamfontein during their march for youth wage subsidies.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read