We ‘celebrate’ Women’s Day on 9 August each year in honour of the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on that day in 1956 in protest against unjust apartheid laws. What would Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and Sophia Williams De Bruyn say about the rights and liveli.
At their annual meeting, the Southern African Quaker Community voted in support of the introduction of a universal basic income for all people legally in South Africa. Here they explain the reasons behind the resolution.
A talk on the Basic Income Grant, titled ‘Getting unstuck – the role of faith-based agents’, takes place at the University of Pretoria; World Health Day is being celebrated, along with the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization; and Jacana Media is hosting an event on ‘#ThaboBester a.