Unemployment is killing SA

Unemployment is killing SA

In the feature of this issue, we focus on unemployment. We: Hear from an unemployed young woman about her experience of unemployment; Present analyses of unemployment and how it is created by government policy; Look at alternative policies to address unemployment and...
COP 29 failed humanity

COP 29 failed humanity

In the feature of this issue, we focus on climate change and the just transition. We: Get a view of the failure of the COP process and a glimpse of an alternative; Read about the crisis of the private pathway to electricity reform; Hear from the NUM on how they see...
PODCAST: Ceasefire only temporary relief for Gaza

PODCAST: Ceasefire only temporary relief for Gaza

Is the Gaza ceasefire a victory for Hamas, as they claim or is it a temporary band-aid over a terrible defeat? Will it end in a few weeks with renewed Israeli bombardment? And what are the implications for the region in this new Trump-dominated world? These are some...
Coming to terms with Trumpism

Coming to terms with Trumpism

In the feature of this issue, we focus on the global era of Trumpism as the world which South Africa now has to inhabit. The editorial makes no bones about identifying Trumpism 2.0 as neofascism, which it describes essentially as fascism with elections…of one sort or...
Stop Gender-based violence!

Stop Gender-based violence!

This issue focuses on the scourge of gender-based violence that continues to increase in South Africa. Firstly, the editorial looks more broadly at the sickness of South Africa. It diagnoses the cause—the neoliberal economic strategy of the government over the last 30...