From the ISJ…
On 16 April [2008] news spread around the world of the arrival of a Chinese cargo ship, the An Yue Jiang, owned by China’s state shipping company, in the major container port in Durban, South Africa. The ship included three million rounds of ammunition and 1,500 rockets bound for Zimbabwe, two days drive [...]

The defeat of apartheid in South Africa gave hope to millions. But neoliberal policies have left them wanting, writes Claire Ceruti in Socialist Worker… Click on the poster below to read the article…

I received the following statement from South Africa…
South Africans’ statement on 60th anniversary of Apartheid Israel
We fought apartheid; we see no reason to celebrate it in Israel now!
17 May 2008
We, South Africans who faced the might of unjust and brutal apartheid machinery in South Africa and fought against it with all our strength, with the [...]

Challenges in South Africa…

I received the following message of solidarity from the South African NEHAWU, which represents over 190,000 workers from the Education, Health, Government and Social Welfare sectors, and is part of the COSATU (Congress of South African Trade Unions) which is the biggest federation in the country with 1.9 million members…
Dear comrades,
I am writing a letter [...]

For some reason, the full video of Occupation 101 was taken down from Google Videos. Davinca, however, has put it together on her blog… Thanks…

From Al-Jazeera…
South African public sector unions have called off a four-week strike after agreeing a 7.5 per cent general pay rise with the government.
About 600,000 teachers, nurses and other civil servants had halted work on June 1 to push for a 12 per cent pay hike in one of the largest industrial actions since [...]

From Al-Jazeera…
South African unions have turned down a revised offer of a 7.5 per cent pay rise, ensuring that the country’s biggest strike since the end of apartheid will go into a fourth week.
The unions have been given 21 days to accept a 7.5 per cent pay deal after talks with the government broke [...]

From the Tomb…
South Africa’s massive public sector strike, entering its twelfth day, is to reach its first peak today as other groups of workers join them in solidarity action (a word which the BBC curiously feels it must put it in inverted commas). The government has escalated the political crisis unleashed by this confrontation, [...]