South Africa

In this book, black South African farm workers describe their working lives in their own words. Six million people – labourers and their families – are virtually no better off than slaves. The law guarantees them neither paid sick leave nor holidays, neither a guaranteed minimum wage nor overtime payments. They can be dismissed and […]

Recent political moves have at last brought hope for meaningful political change in South Africa and the prospect of a free and independent future for millions of ordinary people in the region. Yet, as this timely report documents, apartheid continues to cause immense suffering inside South Africa, and the effects of destabilisation are still being […]

Namibia is one of the richest countries in Africa – yet most Namibians live in extreme poverty. For twenty years the country has been illegally occupied by South Africa. Twenty years in which the apartheid system has caused massive misery and deprivation amongst the majority of Namibians: while South African and foreign economic interests have […]