Cuba in South Africa

NEHAWU solidarity statement with Cuban people

Pretoria, August 12, 2022.- The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union [NEHAWU] expresses solidarity with the Republic of Cuba and deeply regrets the devastation caused following a tragic fire accident triggered by an electrical discharge that affected storage tanks in the Matanzas supertanker base.

Thoughts on July 26th.

By: Z. Pallo Jordan

Pretoria, August 11, 2022.- Sixty-nine years ago, on 26th July 1953, the 22-year-old Raul Castro was among a group of 153 youthful rebels who followed Raul’s elder brother, Fidel, in an assault on the Moncada Army barracks in Santiago de Cuba. A significant number of the contingent died in action. Others were captured and executed. Some died at the hands of torturers during “questioning”. 

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