South Africa’s death factory
Death row is like a factory… a factory which produces corpses. You know, you go in alive and come out dead… The whole place is serviced....
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The small claims court
Last year Simon Letseka, who comes from Garankua, was hired to do some building and plumbing work in Johannesburg. The man who hired him,...
A bitter pill to swallow
It is 9 o’clock in the morning. The trade union officials are walking up and down outside a big hall at Wits University. They check the...
A visit to the Thembisa Advice Office
Maria Mathebula, a mother of two children, sat in the office with a very worried look on her face. She had worked for a company for five...
The new pass laws
On 1 July this year, the government changed the pass laws. The government said what everyone has said for many years. They said, “Hamba...
Pensions – getting money when you are old
WHAT IS A PENSION? A pension is money that you get when you are old and no longer work. Most people get pensions from the government. We...
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