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Cape Town Fires: Privatisation Fuels the Inferno

April 20, 2021 Carmia Schoeman

Carmia Schoeman is a member of the Workers’ and Socialist Party (ISA in South Africa). On the morning of Sunday 18 April, Cape Town residents watched in shock as what started as a small fire on Devil’s Peak quickly raged out of control. Within 24 hours, with the help of strong winds and dry brush, […]

South Africa: Lockdown a Death Trap for the Poor

April 11, 2020 Carmia Schoeman, Mametlwe Sebei

Carmia Schoeman and Mametlwe Sebei are members of the Workers’ and Socialist Party (ISA in South Africa). Lockdown measures surpass those of 1987 Apartheid state of emergency South African president Cyril Ramaphosa announced on March 23, that the government’s “state of disaster” restrictions would be escalated to an unprecedented lockdown of the whole country. The […]