On Wednesday, 6 March, 60 villagers gathered in Sigidi to meet a representative of M Kona Engineers Consulting, a contractor employed by SANRAL to survey the village for the proposed N2 Wild Coast Toll Road. The villagers…
On Wednesday, 6 March, 60 villagers gathered in Sigidi to meet a representative of M Kona Engineers Consulting, a contractor employed by SANRAL to survey the village for the proposed N2 Wild Coast Toll Road. The villagers…
The Assembly of the Unemployed and the Cry of the Xcluded have faced a very difficult time with the loss of our founder, Ayanda Kota, who passed on last Thursday. He was our class brother and a gallant fighter for…
We started the Unemployed People’s Movement (UPM) in 2009. I think what gave rise to it was two things: the failures of the municipality which came out of IDP meetings. And the feeling that the politicians are taking us for…
Amadiba Crisis Committee: Trespassing TLB chased in Sigidi village, Mbizana. Seven women injured by knobkerries. ACC Statement, 24 April 2023 “You are dirty and uneducated villagers. What are you talking about? Women have no say over land.” These are the…
Last year our movement lost three leaders to assassination and another comrade to a police murder. On 21 January our comrade Thulani Maseko was assassinated in Swaziland. Political assassinations have often been used to repress dissent in Zimbabwe and Mozambique. …
The Assembly of the Unemployed (AoU) and the Alternative Information and Development Centre (AIDC) are not moved by the recently released figures that indicate that the unemployment rate decreased to 32.9% from 33.9% in the second quarter of 2022. According…
Budget 2022/3 statement: Tell no lies, claim no easy victories by Cry of Xcluded | 23 February 2022 “Accordingly, we have decided to keep money in the pockets of South Africans.“ – Minister Enoch Godongwana This is an ideologically driven…
RIGHT2WORK – GOVERNMENT MUST EMPLOY EVERYONE WILLING AND ABLE TO WORK According to the expanded definition of unemployment released in the latest Quarterly Labour Force Survey by Statistics SA, 12.48 million people are now unemployed. This is a staggering figure,…
The Assembly of the Unemployed (AoU) is disappointed to learn that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s economic advisory council has warned against the implementation of a permanent basic income grant. AoU and other civil society movements have campaigned tirelessly for the implementation of a…
What About the Universal Basic Income Grant Mr President? Cry of the Xcluded & Assembly of the Unemployed | Statement | 29 July, 2021 On Sunday evening South African President Cyril Ramaphosa offered his in-frequent dictats to the nation via…
