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Elections 24: The history of democracy is the history of class struggles

Edition: July 2024
This edition arrives shortly after national elections and the formation of the Government of National Unity. We look at why the working class has turned its back on South Africa’s version of democracy and why democracy under capitalism cannot solve the class’s problems.

The New Worker Newsletter July 2024

The New Worker Voices

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

20 July 2024

Pit toilets in Delmore Informal settlement, Ekurhuleni

After 30 years of democracy, the community of Delmore Informals in the city of Ekurhuleni is still using pit toilets and communal taps.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

20 July 2024

The difficulties faced by unorganised workers at plant or factory level

The difficulties faced by unorganised workers at plant or factory level are the result of many reasons that are caused by the system that we find ourselves living by.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

20 July 2024

Being a Foreigner

It is very sad and painful indeed for Black people who really don't know who they are or the difficulties that other people are facing in the real world.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

18 July 2024

Woman and culture

There's no room for giving up as a woman.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

17 July 2024

My experience fighting for justice at the Bargaining Council

I am 38 years old and I was part of the Ekurhuleni Metro Municipality (EMM) brigade.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

16 July 2024

My story is based on how I am treated at work.

I am working at Pepsico Park on a frozen contract with employees from many different departments.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

15 July 2024

My experience at Nature's Garden

I started to work at Nature's Garden in 2018. I was younger by that time and I was happy that I found a job.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

15 July 2024

Discrimination at Bakers National Brand Limited

I started working at Bakers NBL in 2014 as a labour broker worker.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

10 July 2024

My Community Struggle

My name is Phumla Mtshali from Thokoza and I'm focussing on the struggles of youth in my community.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

10 July 2024

My Community Struggle

I am from Katlehong Mandela, Zone 1. Our community has been facing struggles for such a long time.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

01 July 2024

How to expose nepotism at work

Irene Sibanyoni speaks to Siza Mlambo about how he fought a problem at work and won

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

27 June 2024

Elderly Dukathole residents are living in a nightmare!

The Simunye Workers Forum media activists visited the Dukathole Older People Service Centre in Gauteng on 18 May and found a horrifying situation where pensioners are experiencing high levels of oppression.

Category: FEATURES

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

26 June 2024

The 2024 elections and the working class

Many were unable to cast their votes

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

26 June 2024

The 2024 elections and the working class

Political parties never deliver what they promise

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

23 June 2024

How I was treated at work after an injury

Simunye Workers' Forum media activist Malatji Thuli shares her story

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

22 June 2024

Migrant workers used as slaves

The bosses are exploiting both legal and so-called illegal migrants on a daily basis all over the country.

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

18 June 2024

The 2024 elections and the working class

Democracy has not changed our lives

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

18 June 2024

The 2024 elections and the working class

We practiced our democratic right to vote

Category: NEWS

CWAO News Article

The New Worker

14 June 2024

A win at the CCMA for the ZGG Farm dismissed workers!

CWAO Legal Organiser Joshua Hlongwe reports that on 18 June 2024, the seven workers who were fired from ZGG Farm and Zanthe Flora in Gauteng were reinstated.

Category: NEWS