The Struggle for a Community Food System Nombulelo Sineke, Vuyokazi Made, Nohlumelo Jacobs, Siyabulela Mama and Tuletu Nombona | 23 April 2021 More than anything else the COVID – 19 pandemic has exposed the great inequalities in our society. As…
Call on Parliament to Reject the 2021 Budget The 2021 Budget proposes real cuts to spending on socio-economic rights. This will have severe consequences in a time of unprecedented suffering and has to be challenged. If Parliament approves this Budget…
The Unemployed Masses Demand a Basic Income Grant Now Statement by the Assembly of the Unemployed | 23 February 2021 As Tito Mboweni prepares to deliver his 2021 Budget Speech, South Africa is in a deep state of crisis. Our…
Farewell To Karl Cloete – Former NUMSA DG Unathi Vimbani | Amandla Online | January 2020 The gigantic leader of the workers and working class has left the office. Cde Karl Cloete resigned from his position of being Deputy General…
Adding insult to injury: What the poor and working class think about Tito Mboweni’s mini budget Siya Mama and Khokhoma Motsi | Daily Maverick | 4 November 2020 As we – the Assembly of the Unemployed and our comrades in the Cry of the…
Government fails to live up to COVID-19 socio-economic relief promises, says BJC Budget Justice Coalition | 25 June 2020 The Supplementary Budget announced by Minister of Finance Tito Mboweni on 24 June 2020, including a revised fiscal framework and spending…
We want a radical new deal that provides three million jobs – The Cry of the Xcluded Cry of the Xcluded | DailyMaverick | 20 May, 2020 We will emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic into a global economic crisis and…
We refuse to celebrate our hardship and your relief Cry of the Xcluded |Press Statement |22 April 2020 Nearly one month into South Africa’s lockdown, the vast majority in society faces tremendous suffering and hardship. We have no income, we…
Assembly of the Unemployed, SAFTU and AMCU to launch: “The Cry of the Excluded” Issued by The Assembly of the Unemployed, 10 February 2020 The Assembly of the Unemployed (AoU) alongside the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and…