All Posts by Abel Semosa

Climate change and Human Rights

Climate Change and Human Rights: The Case of KwaZulu-Natal floods

Introduction Climate Change has become an enemy to everyone around the world with governments introducing intergovernmental organizations to implement measures to mitigate and deal with climate change. Climate Change is understood as the change in weather patterns and high temperatures. Following heavy rain in KwaZulu-Natal province between 11 – 21

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Employee stressed at the workplace

Work-related stresses and their consequences on the mental health of employees

Introduction  The types of work-related stress and the causes in the context of South Africa.  Workplace stress can be defined as the circumstances arising from the interaction of people and their jobs. It is usually characterized by changes within people that force them to diverge from their normal functioning. It

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Financialization

Financialization and neo-liberal policies: A recipe for the high unemployment rate in South Africa

INTRODUCTION  Despite South Africa being the largest or most economically dominant country in the continent, it is also the country most affected by triple challenges, namely unemployment, poverty, and inequality. These triple challenges are the legacy of apartheid and financialization, which has also played a pivotal role in deteriorating the

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