Successful Campaigns

On 4 December 2024, we received the news that we had won the court case! In a landmark ruling, the High Court of South Africa has overturned the government’s plans to add 1,500 MW of new coal-fired power to the national grid, saying they are "unlawful and invalid". Read more on the court case here: https://www.africanclimatealliance.org/blog/court-says-governments-plans-for-new-coal-fired-power-stations-are-unconstitutional

- 21 April 2020 - President Ramaphosa announced that child support grant beneficiaries will receive an extra R300 in May and from June to October they will receive an additional R500 each month. The social grant increase was less than the campaign called for, but this is a step in the right direction. All other grant beneficiaries will receive an extra R250 per month for the next six months. In addition, a special Covid-19 Social Relief of Distress grant of R350 a month for the next six months will be paid to individuals who are currently unemployed and do not receive any other form of social grant or UIF payment. - 23 April 2020 - Sassa has now stated that the Child Support Grant increase for beneficiaries from June to October is not for each child, but for each caregiver. This is unacceptable. Campaign supporters mobilised and demanded President Ramaphosa to stick to his commitment to an increase for each beneficiary, not just caregiver. The President ignored this demand. - 13 October 2020 - The top-ups on social grants were scheduled to be cut by the end of October. Campaign supporters mobilised in huge numbers to contact the Presidency, Deputy President, Minister of Finance and Minister of Social Development. The top-ups were cut. However, the R350 COVID-19 SRD grant was kept.

We have achieved the main aim of the campaign. Redistribution of the book has been stopped. Awareness has been raised. However it seems Exclusive Books will continue to sell the book, stay tuned for more info.

From 1 March 2022, employers, including employers of domestic workers, were required to pay their employees a minimum of R23, 19 per hour, which translates to approximately R4019, 57 per month for domestic workers who work 40 hours a week and R4522, 02 for workers who work 45 hours a week. Read more here: https://www.izwi.org.za/post/domestic-workers-finally-entitled-to-100-of-national-minimum-wage

Students who set up the petition and have been affected by backlogs have reported that they have started receiving their diplomas nationally, this is what the petition starter said: " I received my diploma yesterday and many other students who have waited for years have been receiving their diplomas in the past few days. We thank you for standing with us during hard times and may you continue being the voice of South Africans"

A bill to clear the names of those who ended up with criminal records for breaching lockdown regulations was passed.

Following months of testimonies at the Life Esidimeni inquest, the Pretoria High Court handed down a judgement which stated that Former Gauteng Health MEC Qedani Mahlangu and former head of the Mental Health Directorate, Makgabo Manamela, are among the people the court says should be held accountable for this tragedy. "Having heard all the evidence in this inquest, I have come to the conclusion that the deaths of the following deceased: Matlakala Motsoahae, Virginia Machpelah, Terence Chaba, Nathaniel Mashigo, Josias Daniels, Frans Dekker, Charity Ratsotso, Deborah Phetla and Koketso Moerane were negligently caused by the conduct of Ms Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu and Dr Makgabo Manamela." Read more here: https://www.ewn.co.za/2024/07/10/court-finds-deaths-of-9-life-esidimeni-patients-caused-by-negligence-of-mahlangu-manamela

Our demands were met.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝗖𝗗 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻. This exemption is for ECD centres operating without the necessary land use approval in place or approved building plans. Centres in vulnerable areas no longer have to pay an administrative penalty before getting these approvals. This exemption will impact at least 1562 centres, 58 043 young children and 7282 staff members. To find out if your centre is exempt from paying this charge, watch this video created by the Centre for Early Childhood Development: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HvcfEjmZDA

The G20 has recognized the need to effectively tax billionaires worldwide. This commitment is recorded in the meeting's Final Declaration, reinforcing the urgency of tackling wealth concentration and inequality.