Shoprite, bring your food prices down!
As the largest supermarket in South Africa, Shoprite feeds most households in Mzansi and has even boasted about being the country’s biggest employer [1]. In the 2024 financial year, Shoprite made an average daily profit of R16 million. This is the average profit that the Shoprite Group made from 2023 to 2024 [2], with the […]
Let’s make sure our Deputy Finance Ministers prioritise economic justice
Tell new Social Development Minister Nokuzola Tolashe to fix & increase the R370 grant
Urge the Minister of Finance & National Treasury to continue funding short-term work opportunities
*Campaign Update* After over a year without assistant teachers in our schools, 200,000 young people started working in schools in June. This new phase is a direct result of young people demanding action. We’ve been campaigning and mobilising for its return alongside our friends at Youth Capital because we believe public programmes like this should […]
Food Prices Must Fall
Demand Action SA show their plans for Basic Income Grant promise
Demand EFF show their plans for Basic Income Grant promise
Demand DA show their plans for Basic Income Grant promise
Demand ANC show their plans for Basic Income Grant promise
MTBPS 2023: Say no to VAT increase & budget cuts
Demand all social grants go up by R500 in 2023 budget
Demand better mental health services for our children
Millions of children around the country are struggling with their mental health, yet only 1 in every 10 children with a mental disorder is able to access care. We, therefore, call on the Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, to close the treatment gap and prioritise child and adolescent mental health services. This includes allocating […]
Stop closed door meetings between government and big business
The people, not profit, should govern. But some big businesses have used their power to influence decisions. From wining and dining [1] to bullying, we have seen how some big businesses have tried to stop or delay taxes [2] [3], better wages for workers [4] and cheaper medication [5]. We, the undersigned, call on you […]
10th Anniversary Marikana events
Tell our new Minister of Finance to let the majority live in dignity
Support a strong gun law to save lives
Bring back + increase R350 SRD grant until it’s turned into Basic Income Support
*Campaign update* The R350 grant was increased by R20 effective April 2024, and has been extended to March 2025. This is a step in the right direction and shows that those in power are feeling the pressure from our constant petitions, submissions and protests. The reality is that a R20 increase is nowhere near enough, […]
Lindiwe, what happened to the R600 million in Rent Relief?
National Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation do your job and urgently: 1. Prioritise tenants whose income has been most affected by the pandemic; 2. Publish the policy document detailing to whom and how the R600 million will be allocated; 3. Provide clear timelines for when the above will take place; 4. Keep the […]
Call for an extension of the Child Support Grant into pregnancy as a Maternity Support Grant
Call on Hon. Buthelezi to extend R350 SRD grant until it’s converted into Basic Income Support
Millions of our people will be impacted if the R350 SRD COVID-19 grant is not extended beyond April 2021. Many of our leaders have been talking about the long-overdue Basic Income Grant. It’s important we connect these demands. The SRD grant must be extended until it is converted into Basic Income Support.