Category: Western Cape
R2K WC mourns the loss of comrade Levona Carstens!
Today as R2K we mourn the loss of one of our comrades, who have been at the forefront of the people’s struggle and the member of the Right2Know Campaign, comrade Levona Fouzie Carstens, who...
Statement: Combating Repression and Police Brutality during the COVID-19 lock down
R2K Western Cape is joining the national day of action planned by the working class to condemn the ill treatment the working class have been receiving during the lockdown. COVID-19 pandemic on its own...
Women Can Do It South Africa Statement: GBV is a Pandemic on its own!
COVID 19 Lockdown Gender Based Violence Theme: GBV is a Pandemic on its own Enough is Enough As the nation fights the invisible Covid-19 peril, a highly visible epidemic of gender-based violence continues to...
Identity documents are essential!
By Nomacebo Mbayo BM section is an informal settlement based in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, with a history of the community being victims of fire in winter. The community established a community development centre in 2014...
Gender Based Violence during COVID-19: Quarantined with your perpetrator!
By Nomacebo Mbayo For many women who are facing abuse in a form of domestic violence, quarantine during lockdown is a nightmare. There have been reports of a high rate of cases during this...
Internet Access and Access to Information is essential!
By Nomacebo Mbayo Farm residents in Elsenberg are facing challenges of internet access which include lack of information access. The biggest challenge started when farm workers lost their jobs due to the lockdown as...
Combating COVID-19 in Western Cape
By Nomacebo Mbayo Since the first announcement of the national lockdown by the president Ramaphosa communities across the country have been forming coalitions and support groups in an attempt to combat COVID-19 and reduce...
Waste Pickers: Our livelihood is on lockdown!
By Nomacebo Mbayo Waste Pickers, known as re-claimers are a group across the country making a living out of recycling and waste collection. Salvaging reusable or recyclable materials thrown away by others for reuse...
Mfuleni community leader killed over food parcels!
By Nomacebo Mbayo Mfuleni is one of the areas known to be the hotspot during xenophobic attacks, most of the spaza shops in the area are owned by foreign nationals. In the spirit of...
