Minister Godongwana’s move to increase the VAT is an attack on the marginalised majority
Community organisation, amandla.mobi, is disappointed and concerned that Finance Minister Godongwana has continued with his aggressive move to ‘increase the VAT rate by half-a percentage point in 2025/26, and by another half-a-percentage point in the following year’. Lessons from the past show that increasing the VAT is not an effective solution to raising enough revenue, […]
amandla.mobi strongly condemns Minister Parks Tau for siding with Vodacom at the expense of consumers
South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC), Parks Tau, has filed a notice to appeal the Competition Tribunal’s prohibition blocking Vodacom’s purchase of a stake in Remgro’s fibre businesses – Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). Community advocacy organisation, amandla.mobi strongly condemns the move. “It is our view that this unprecedented move will result in […]
Icasa needs a shake-up
Regulators must ensure that their processes are user-friendly, functional and accessible, otherwise what’s the point?
A proposed plan for a social pedagogy alternative in the time of a pandemic
We are educators in the post-school education sector across South Africa. We have come together in various fora over the past month to discuss principles, practices and possibilities for learning and teaching in South Africa during and after the COVID-19 Global Disaster.
Help Casual Workers Advice Office rebuild by donating
*Update* Thank you to all our members. We raised over R35,000 for Casual Workers Advice Office.
One of amandla .mobi’s partners, the Casual Workers Advice Office (CWAO), had their offices looted and burnt on the night of Monday 2 September [1]. This is a major blow to an organisation that has stood side by side with casual workers to fight for dignity, by providing organising support and free legal advice. Just last year they won a Constitutional Court victory against labour brokers, to ensure better wages and benefits for workers [2].Our friends at CWAO have vowed to not let this attack stop their work. But they have lost things very important for their work like computers, printers and furniture. We have worked closely with CWAO on many important campaigns and thanks to them, we’ve secured countless victories for worker’s rights. As amandla .mobi member we can make sure our friends at CWAO continue to make an impact by chipping in R20 each here: https://www.givengain.com/cc/cwao/ or follow the work of CWAO on Facebook. If all of us give as much as we can, it will go a long way. Together we can help rebuild the CWAO office and support their work against xeno/afrophobia.
