Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has presented a terrible three-year budget plan. The impact of the Mid Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) will no doubt be ‘more Julys’, more powder-keg explosions that tear the society apart and more taxpayer money spent … Read More
Tired of empty promises. Tired of empty pots. TO: Minister of Finance FROM: Cry of the Xcluded with SAMWU Cape Metro, Assembly of the Unemployed and the Fight Inequality Alliance DATE: 11 November 2021 MEMORADUM: Now that the local government … Read More
This memo was delivered to the SABC in the Free State on 11 November 2021: Memorandum: SABC must stop pandering to elite and serve the public good We are the Cry of The Xcluded – the majority of people in … Read More
Cry of the Xcluded: Pre-MTBPS 2021 statement, 9 November 2021 Now that the local government elections have come and gone, we await to hear the announcement of the upcoming medium-term budget policy statement. As we had said going into the … Read More
Issued by Cry of the Xcluded, 2 November 2021 The 2021 Local Government Election results send a clear message to the country’s ruling elite: South Africa’s Xcluded have lost confidence in the electoral system. This comes as no surprise after … Read More
English Xhosa Afrikaans SeSotho The Manifesto for Peoples Power is our cry for decent lives ahead of the 2021 Local Government election. Our country finds itself at the edge of a cliff with rising unemployment, violence and hunger. Yet all … Read More
Join the Cry of the Xcluded to launch the MANIFESTO FOR PEOPLES POWER on the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty – Monday 18 October at 3pm. The Manifesto will be introduced by Cry of the Xcluded leaders: Ayanda … Read More
Cry of the Xcluded Supports call for Parliament to reject 2021 Budget Statement by the Cry of the Xcluded 10 March, 2021 The Cry of the Xcluded, supports the Open Letter endorsed by more than 200 signatories, including social movements, … Read More
We refuse to celebrate our hardship and your relief Cry of the Xcluded Press Statement, 22 April 2020 Nearly one month into South Africa’s lockdown, the vast majority in society faces tremendous suffering and hardship. We have no income, we … Read More
Declaration of the Xcluded: Budget Day 2020 We are the Cry of the Xcluded: we are the women who are being battered, killed and unpaid for our labour; we are the working-class, the employed and the unemployed; but some … Read More